February 2024 Updates for Power BI

There are some great updates this month.  Visual calculations make their debut and are accompanied by the new-look Power BI Home (for Desktop) and an ability to add descriptions to your semantic model measures.

The full list of updates is as follows:

Reporting

• Visual calculations in Preview
• Dynamic subscriptions for Power BI reports in Preview
• On-object Interaction updates
• Power BI Home in Desktop is enabled by default in Preview
• Enhanced Reference Layer in Power BI Azure Maps Visual

Modelling

• Measure descriptions with Copilot in Preview
• DAX query view improvements in Preview
• Data connectivity
• Certified connectors updates

Service

• Storytelling in PowerPoint: replace report URLs with shareable links in Power BI add-in
• Data overview in Explore
• DirectQuery connections update

Mobile

• Shared device mode is now Generally Available

Developers

• Power BI custom visuals new local storage API
• On-object Interaction support for custom visuals
• TMDL in Power BI Desktop Developer Mode

Visualisations

• New visuals in AppSource
• Multiple Sparklines
• Rose Donut Pie Chart by Powerviz
• xViz Gantt Chart by Lumel
• Control Chart XmR by Nova Silva
• Drill Down Graph PRO
  

Purview

• More users can now collaborate with protected PBIX in Power BI Desktop.

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.