October 2022 Updates for Power BI

This month’s update includes Power BI metrics, Modeling (sic) updates, deployment pipelines and more.  The full list is as follows:

Reporting

• Reverse stack order for Stacked Column charts
• Query performance improvements:

                    o   Indexing imported string columns on-the-fly

                    o   Pushing Top N filter to DirectQuery sources

• Power BI Metrics:

                    o   Roll ups

                    o   New API to retrieve scorecards for administrators

Analytics

• Quick measure suggestions – experimental feature in Preview

Modelling

• Relationship editing in the properties pane in Preview
• DAX Formula bar support for Desktop Model view

Data connectivity and preparation

• Introducing tenant setting for Power BI Datamarts in Preview
• Eduframe Reporting
• Socialbakers Metrics

Service

• Guest users can now create their own email subscriptions
• Downloading a PBIX is now available for more scenarios
• Administration and governance:

                    o   Introducing tenant setting for email subscriptions to external users

• Deployment pipelines:

                    o   Deployment History

                    o   Azure DevOps extension now Generally available

                    o   Changes to UpdateApp REST API

Developers

• Custom visuals API version 5.1

Visualisations

• New visuals in AppSource
• Zebra BI Tables 6.0
• Inforiver Enterprise SaaS Edition
• PowerGantt Chart by Nova Silva
• Drill Down Network PRO by ZoomCharts.

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