…And so they are back! The raft of 2022 Power BI updates starts here, with a slew of new features, including new mobile formatting options, Dynamic M Query Parameters support for more data sources, deployment pipeline enhancements and improvements to downloading a PBIX file. But there are of course always more.

The full list is as follows:

Reporting

• New Mobile formatting options in Preview
• Sensitivity labels downstream inheritance now Generally Available
• Default label policies in Power BI now Generally Available
• Mandatory label policy now Generally Available
• New Format Pane, still in Preview, is now on by default
• Multi row card selection

Data Preparation

• Dynamic M Query Parameters now supports SQL Server and more data sources in Preview

Data Connectivity

• Amazon OpenSearch Service (New Connector)
• OpenSearch Project (New Connector)
• Digital Construction Works Insights (New Connector)
• Azure Databricks (Connector Update)
• BQE Core (Connector Update)
• MicroStrategy (Connector Update)
• Starburst Enterprise (Connector Update)

Service

• Power BI Goals
• Deployment pipelines enhancements
• Download .pbix improvements

Mobile

• Dark mode now available in the Power BI Windows app
• Power BI Windows app new look now Generally Available

Embedded Analytics

• Support Power BI dataset as a data source for embedding paginated reports
• Azure Power BI Embedded A7 and A8 capacity nodes self-service
• New Dataset Permissions APIs
• Delete Dashboard API
• Access Token Expiry Callback

Developers

• New Power BI visuals’ category list in AppSource
• Expand entire level in matrix
• Dynamic format string support

Visualisations

• New visuals in AppSource
• Download visual’s sample file from the in-product AppSource
• Drill Down Graph PRO by ZoomCharts
• Plotly.js visual by Akvelon
• HTML Text Styler 2.0 (Microsoft certified)
• Multiple Sparklines by Excelnaccess.com
• Merged Bar Chart by Nova Silva
• Financial Reporting Matrix by Profitbase
• Inforiver premium edition by Lumel
• Zebra BI Tables version 5.2 by Zebra BI

Other

• WebView2 now required
• Find out new features releasing in Power BI by using Power BI Release Plan app
• Optimise your processes and gain deep insights with Process Mining
• New settings to enable or disable Map and Filled Map visuals.

As always, we'll be detailing these updates in our March 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.