August 2023 Updates for Power BI

This month’s updates see a new layout switcher, an update to On-Object Interaction (in Preview), and updates to the ORDERBY function, amongst other items and features.  

The full list is as follows:

Reporting

• New layout switcher·        
• New bubble range scaling setting·        
• On-Object Interaction – updates in Preview:
  • Resizing and positioning to the On-Object menus
  • On-Object format sub-selections now supported in Spotlight and Focus modes

Modelling

• Updates to the ORDERBY function

Data connectivity

• New modern data connectivity and discovery experience in Dataflows
• Lakehouses (connector update)

Service

• XMLA Write support for Direct Lake datasets
• Automatic replica synchronisation for Dataset Scale-Out in Preview

Mobile

• Choose your start-up content

Developers

• Published AppSource visuals now generate leads in Partner Center and CRM

Visualisations

• New visuals in AppSource
• Drill Down Combo Bar PRO by ZoomCharts
• Sunburst Chart by Powerviz
• xViz Performance Flow by Lumel.

As always, we'll be detailing these updates in our September newsletter.  Please remember we have virtual / online training in Power BI which you can find out more about here.  If you are not already a subscriber, why not sign up at the bottom of any SumProduct web page?  And don't forget to download the latest version of Power BI Desktop here too.