Episode 192 – Power BI May 2021 Feature Summary

This is episode 192 recorded on May 14th, 2021 where John & Jason about the Power BI May 2021 Feature Summary including the Modern visual tooltips, Quickly create reports from SharePoint lists, and Share and Collaborate in Excel for the web connected to Power BI.

Show Notes

Reporting

• Modern visual tooltips 
• Small multiples: now on by default and updated roadmap 
• New field list 
• Support for removing the sensitivity label in Desktop

Analytics

• Smart Narratives and Anomaly detection 
• Q&A now supports DirectQuery for Power BI datasets and Azure Analysis Services

Modeling

• DirectQuery for Power BI datasets and Azure Analysis Services 
• Model View Updates

Data connectivity

• New Connector: EQuIS
• Connector Update: Automation Anywhere
• Connector Update: Vena
• Connector Update: Azure Databricks
• Connector Update: Amazon Redshift
• Connector Update: Vertica
• Connector Deprecation: Microsoft Graph Security

Service

• Quickly create reports from SharePoint lists
• Reports, apps and dataflows endorsement 
• Datasets hub improvements
• Quick Edit Paginated Reports from the Service
• Single sign-on enabled for new on-premises data sources for paginated reports
• Downstream inheritance for sensitivity labels 

Mobile

• Work side by side with other apps on your iPad or Android tablet

Visualizations

• New visuals
• ADWISE roadmap v2.0
• Bubble chart by Akvelon
• Cycle Plot by Nova Silva
• Drill Down Donut PRO by ZoomCharts
• Drill Down Map PRO by ZoomCharts
• Drill Down Pie PRO by ZoomCharts
• graphomate charts 2021.2
• graphomate matrix 2021.2
• Editor’s picks

Template apps

• Dataflows Snapshot Analysis

Developers

• Dialog boxes support for Power BI custom visuals
• Displaying a warning icon for a custom visual

Other

• Share and Collaborate in Excel for the web connected to Power BI