Posts filed under Design & Presentation

Avoiding HIDDEN Visual-Level Filters with Field Parameters

Video by: Reid Havens

Learn how to hide all the visual-level filters from field parameter selections on visuals in Power BI. This addresses a problem where not all the field parameter fields will show at once in the visual-level filter list. Tune in to learn more!

RELATED CONTENT πŸ”—

Field Parameter Doc
Filter Pane Doc

Posted on January 30, 2024 and filed under Reporting, Design & Presentation.

(Livestream Replay) Introducing Power BI Explorer - with Mathias Thierbach & Daniel Otykier

DESCRIPTION πŸ“„

PBI Explorer is a new productivity tool for Power BI developers, built by Tabular Tools. The only one of its kind, PBI Explorer provides Tabular Editor like access to the internal definitions of any Power BI report, i.e. pages, visuals, filters and so on. With a detailed property grid, a report page wireframe view, data model references, a git-like report comparer and many other unique features, this tool empowers everyone working on Power BI reports. And it is free!

Learn all about it in this session from two of the tool developers, Daniel and Mathias. Get first-hand demos, understand the inspiration behind the tool and what's in the backlog. And, most importantly, join and get your own questions answered.

GUEST BIO (Mathias Thierbach) πŸ‘€

Mathias is a Data Platform MVP and Head of Finance Systems at YouGov in London. He cares deeply about mature enterprise-grade development and delivery patterns and practices for Power BI. To that end, he has developed pbi-tools, which was released as an open source tool in October 2021. Furthermore, Mathias has presented his learnings and best practices around Power BI DataOps, CI/CD, and Deployment Automation, but also talks on the organizational and managerial aspects of running a successful Power BI team at several international conferences and many user groups.

GUEST BIO (Daniel Otykier) πŸ‘€

Daniel Otykier is the CTO and Founder of Tabular Editor ApS. With 15 years in the Microsoft data and analytics realm, he's been recognized as a Microsoft Data Platform MVP. Daniel's notable contributions include the creation of the open-source Tabular Editor 2 application in 2016 and the External Tools ribbon inside Microsoft Power BI Desktop in 2020. He believes in the principle of working smarter, not harder, and this ethos is evident in the tools he's developed to support the Microsoft BI community. Daniel is actively collaborating with various industry leaders and BI experts to further support the evolving needs of Microsoft BI professionals worldwide.

RELATED CONTENT πŸ”—

PBI Explorer
Tabular Tools
Daniel's LinkedIn

Mathias's LinkedIn
Mathias's GitHub
PBI Tools
PBI Tools YouTube

Custom Data Labels, Curved Lines, and Leader Line Labels (OH MY!)

Video by: Reid Havens

Learn how to enhance your visualizations with custom DAX data labels plus leader lines. Additionally, learn how to upgrade your native line chart visuals using the smooth line option. Tune in to see them in action!

RELATED CONTENT πŸ”—

Stylized & Informative Visual Header Tooltips
[DAX] Dynamic Format Strings WITHOUT Calculation Groups ?!?
Improved Analytics Line

(Livestream Replay) Create ANY Visual in Power BI with the HTML VizCreator - with Pascal Kiefer

ABSTRACT πŸ“„

Every Power BI developer has come across business requirements which were impossible or difficult to achieve using the Power BI core visuals. The HTML VizCreator custom visual puts an end to this!

Learn from the creator of the visuals that even with little to no HTML knowledge, you can create all sorts of custom visualizations. The combination of DAX and HTML will give you a ton of new possibilities and can also help to improve report performance. With the HTML VizCreator visuals you can create custom KPI cards, highly complex tables, dynamic text boxes but also custom bar/column charts, any kind of infographics and many other elements.

One of the many 5-star-reviews on AppSource is titled β€œThe Do-Everything Visual!” which is exactly right, we can really use these visuals for nearly anything. In this hands-on session, we will show how to create different elements from scratch without the need to write any HTML code.

As a bonus, we will also show how to make phone calls directly from a Power BI report.

GUEST BIO πŸ‘€

Pascal Kiefer is the founder of BI Samurai, a company based in Switzerland that mainly implements Power BI solutions for clients from all industries across the globe. Having worked with hundreds of clients, the BI Samurai team became very well aware of the limitations of native Power BI and wanted to fill this gap. With the HTML VizCreator custom visuals, this has been achieved.

RELATED CONTENT πŸ”—

BI Samurai Website
LinkedIn Pascal
LinkedIn BI Samurai
YouTube
HTML VizCreator Cert
HTML VizCreator Flex
Download sample reports
Online HTML editor
Knowledge Base
Bridger (PBI Phone Calls)