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Video by: Reid Havens
Learn about a recently released feature for Power BI that lets you choose how to add spaces between stacked chart categories. Either by "Exploding" or "Eroding" to create those spaces. Each has their pros/cons so tune in to learn more!
The November Desktop release's public preview of the DAX Query View has ignited excitement among the DAX community. This feature represents the first new view since the inception of Desktop, joining the existing trio of Report View, Data View, and Model View. This addition is poised to transform the way DAX programmers approach their craft, encouraging them to write their own DAX queries more frequently.
A common challenge with DAX lies in its flexibility, as multiple methods often exist to achieve similar results. DAX queries are no exception; the community has already begun discussing various functions capable of producing comparable query results. In this episode, we will delve into the recommended functions and patterns for writing DAX queries. We aim to demystify the best practices recommended by the product team by exploring the historical context of their development.
Jeffrey has over twenty years of experience in the BI industry and joined the Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services team in 2004. As a co-inventor of the DAX programming language, Jeffrey has watched it grow from an unknown language to one that is widely used worldwide. His latest projects in DAX include the development of the recently announced Visual Calculations.
Video by: Reid Havens
Join Miguel Myers and I as we showcase all the new formatting, spacing, sorting, and design options coming to a handful of native visuals for the December 2023 release of Power BI Desktop. Plus explore the new advanced data labeling options that will let you display up to three distinct rows of values on visuals. Tune in to learn more!
Miguel Myers is a principal program manager at Microsoft that is passionate about data visualizations, graphic design, and marketing. He is now leading the new generation of visuals and Power BI as product manager.
Data Activator is a new product in Microsoft Fabric that monitors data in Power BI reports and Event streams for when the data hits certain thresholds or matches other patterns. Then it automatically takes appropriate action such as alerting users or kicking off Power Automate workflows. You can use it to build operational systems of detection to automate actions over changing data. Will leads the product team, and is here to show how you can get started with demos and discussion around the product.
Will is a self-confessed data geek, working his way through sysadmin and DBA roles before joining Microsoft. He spent 5 years helping customers in the UK implement and get value out of Microsoft’s BI solution. When an opportunity arose to move into product engineering in 2012, he jumped at it and took ownership of Power BI’s visual and modeling features. In 2022 he started running Product Management for Data Activator, a new product for monitoring and acting on changes in data.
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Reid Havens’ early love affair with analytics has, over the past decade, turned into an evolution into data visualization and report design in Power BI.
Since then Reid has been writing articles and creating YouTube videos to share the word of BI, helping to inspire the next generation of Business Intelligence enthusiasts.
