Power BI Desktop, Service and Mobile July Feature Summary

Power BI Desktop June Feature Summary:

This month’s Power BI Desktop update includes the general availability release of the new table and matrix visuals, an integrated experience with the custom visuals store, two community submitted quick measures, and more!

Reporting

• New table & matrix visuals are now generally available
• Renaming fields in visuals
• Custom visuals store integration
• Relative date filters
• Responsive layout for visuals (preview)
• New waterfall chart option – breakdown
• Custom visual updates
  • Drilldown Choropleth
  • Drilldown Cartogram
  • Drilldown Player
  • Certified custom visuals

Analytics & modeling

• Quick measures from the community
  • Star rating
  • Concatenated list of values
• Bidirectional cross filtering for DirectQuery is now generally available

Data connectivity

• Snowflake connector general availability

Query editing

• Add Column from Examples enhancements

Read more about it here:

• https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-july-feature-summary-2/

Power BI Service and Mobile June Feature Summary:

Power BI Premium generally available

• API improvements
• Relative links in Power BI apps
• Impala connector support
• New On-Premises Data Gateway (Personal mode)
• Favorite apps in Power BI mobile
• Faster report loads in Power BI mobile
• Mobile responsive layouts
• Interactive R custom visuals

Read more about it here:

• https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-service-and-mobile-june-feature-summary/

Power BI Enterprise Deployment Whitepaper:

Finally, Microsoft also released the Power BI Enterprise Deployment Whitepaper in June. This free whitepaper is filled with guidance for deploying Power BI in your Enterprise. It walks through use cases and best practices for connecting to data sources, distributing your content, governing usage, and much more.

Download it free here.