Episode 201 – July 2021 Feature Summary

This is episode 201 recorded on July 23rd, 2021 where John & Jason go over the July 2021 Power BI updates, including Streaming Dataflows and lots of cool stuff going GA.

Show Notes

Reporting

• Small multiples 
• Conditional formatting for more properties
• Power BI’s built-in visuals now include the Power Automate visual 
• Sensitivity labels in Power BI Desktop 
• Republish PBIX with option to not override label in destination.
• Inherit sensitivity label set to Excel files when importing data into Power BI

Modeling

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

Data connectivity

• Amazon Athena (new connector)
• Databricks (updated connector)
• Dremio (updated connector)
• MariaDB (updated connector)

Service

• Streaming dataflows 
• Mandatory label policy 
• Custom help link for sensitivity labels
• Datasets hub improvements
• Goals support in lineage view
• Scanner API (Admin REST APIs) enhancements to include dataset tables, columns, measures, DAX expressions, and mashup queries 

Visualizations

• New visuals
• Charticulator (custom visual version 1.0.5)
• Multiple Sparklines
• Acterys Reporting
• PureViz Infographic – from PowerPoint to Power BI
• Dynamic radial bar chart by JTA
• Drill Down Waterfall PRO
• Control Chart XmR by Nova Silva
• Editor’s picks

Template apps

• Analyze your email marketing performance using Mailchimp and ActiveCampaign

Other

• Power BI Desktop Installer Changes & WebView2