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Spotify Wrapped 2024

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 08:00:00 +0000

I analyzed my Spotify data to take a deeper dive into my Spotify Wrapped. I built the following Power BI report using the data provided by Spotify in the Privacy section > Download your data. There are two options, but Account data contains everything needed for the current year. Once I had my data, I imported StreamingHistory_music_1.json into Power BI and started exploring.

Here are the results:

I even knew how my Spotify Wrapped would look before Spotify officially announced it. And as you can see in the following screenshots, my analysis was spot on!

Why settle for just the top 5 artists and songs when you can go even deeper?

Let me know if you want a copy of the pbix file.

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TypeScript new features on each version

Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Announcing TypeScript 3.9 May 12th, 2020
- Improvements in Inference and Promise.all
- Speed Improvements
- // @ts-expect-error Comments
- Uncalled Function Checks in Conditional Expressions
- Editor Improvements
- Breaking Changes
Announcing TypeScript 3.8 February 20th, 2020
- Type-Only Imports and Exports
- ECMAScript Private Fields
- export * as ns Syntax
- Top-Level await
- JSDoc Property Modifiers
- Better Directory Watching on Linux and watchOptions
- “Fast and Loose” Incremental Checking
- Editor Features
  - Convert to Template String
  - Call Hierarchy
- Breaking Changes
Announcing TypeScript 3.7 November 5th, 2019
- Optional Chaining
- Nullish Coalescing
- Assertion Functions
- Better Support for never-Returning Functions
- –declaration and –allowJs
- (More) Recursive Type Aliases
- The useDefineForClassFields Flag and The declare Property Modifier
- Build-Free Editing with Project References
- Uncalled Function Checks
- Flatter Error Reporting
- // @ts-nocheck in TypeScript Files
- Semicolon Formatter Option
- Website and Playground Updates
- Breaking Changes
Announcing TypeScript 3.6 August 28th, 2019
- Language and Compiler
- New TypeScript Playground
- Editor Features
  - Semicolon-Aware Code Edits
  - Smarter Auto-Imports
- Breaking Changes
- What’s Next?
Announcing TypeScript 3.5 May 29th, 2019
- Compiler and Language
- Editor Tooling
  - Smart Select
  - Extract to type alias
- Breaking changes
- What’s next
Announcing TypeScript 3.4 March 29th, 2019
- Faster subsequent builds with the –incremental flag
- Higher order type inference from generic functions
- Improvements for ReadonlyArray and readonly tuples
- const assertions
- Type-checking for globalThis
- Convert parameters to destructured object
- Breaking changes
Announcing TypeScript 3.3 January 31st, 2019
Announcing TypeScript 3.2 November 29th, 2018
- strictBindCallApply
- Object spread on generic types
- Object rest on generic types
- Node.js-based resolution for tsconfig.json inheritance
- Diagnosing tsconfig.json with –showConfig
- BigInt
- Object.defineProperty declarations in JavaScript
- Error message improvements
- Improved narrowing for tagged unions
- Editing improvements
- Breaking changes and deprecations
  - A note for NuGet and Visual Studio 2015 users
- What’s next
Announcing TypeScript 3.1 October 8th, 2018
- Mappable tuple and array types
- Easier properties on function declarations
- Version redirects for TypeScript via typesVersions
- Refactor from .then() to await
- Breaking changes
Announcing TypeScript 3.0 July 30th, 2018
- Project references
- Extracting and spreading parameter lists with tuples
- Richer tuple types
- The unknown type
- Improved errors and UX
  - Related error spans
  - Improved messages and elaboration
- Support for defaultProps in JSX
- /// directives
- Editor Productivity
- Breaking changes
Announcing TypeScript 2.9 May 31st, 2018
- Rename file and move declaration to new file
- Unused span reporting
- Convert property to getter/setter
- import() types
- –pretty by default
- Support for well-typed JSON imports
- Type arguments for tagged template strings
- Support for symbols and numeric literals in keyof and mapped object types
Announcing TypeScript 2.8 March 27th, 2018
- Conditional types
- Declaration-only emit
- @jsx pragma comments
- JSX now resolved within factory functions
- Granular control on mapped type modifiers
- Organize imports
- Fixing uninitialized properties
Announcing TypeScript 2.7 January 31st, 2018
Announcing TypeScript 2.6 October 31st, 2017
Announcing TypeScript 2.5 August 31st, 2017
Announcing TypeScript 2.4 June 27th, 2017
Announcing TypeScript 2.3 April 27th, 2017
Announcing TypeScript 2.2 February 22nd, 2017
Announcing TypeScript 2.1 December 7th, 2016
Announcing TypeScript 1.8 February 22nd, 2016
Announcing TypeScript 1.7 November 30th, 2015
Announcing TypeScript 1.6 September 16th, 2015
Announcing TypeScript 1.6 Beta: React/JSX, better error checking, and more September 2nd, 2015
Announcing TypeScript 1.5 July 20th, 2015
Announcing TypeScript 1.4 January 16th, 2015
Announcing TypeScript 1.3 November 12th, 2014
Announcing TypeScript 1.0.1 May 13th, 2014
Announcing TypeScript 1.0 April 2nd, 2014
Announcing TypeScript 0.9.5 December 5th, 2013
Announcing TypeScript 0.9.1.1 August 21st, 2013
Announcing TypeScript 0.9.0.1 June 28th, 2013
Announcing TypeScript 0.9 June 18th, 2013
Announcing TypeScript 0.8.3.1 April 1st, 2013
Announcing TypeScript 0.8.3 February 27th, 2013
Announcing TypeScript 0.8.2 January 21st, 2013
Announcing TypeScript 0.8.1.1 December 5th, 2012
Announcing TypeScript 0.8.1 November 15th, 2012

Power BI Desktop feature summaries

Wed, 09 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Power BI December 2021 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Sparklines
  - New Format Pane updates
- Data connectivity and preparation
  - Azure Data Explorer (Connector Update)
  - FHIR (Connector Update)
  - Dremio Software (Connector Update)
  - BQE Core (Connector Update)
  - TIBCO Data Virtualization *
  - Exasol (Connector Update)
  - Starburst Enterprise (Connector Update)
- Service
  - Admin & governance
    - Email subscriptions access via Admin API
  - Allow sharing links to include your changes to the report
  - Announcing Public Preview of Hybrid Tables in Power BI Premium
  - Deployment pipelines: assign a workspace to all pipeline stages
- Mobile
  - New report default view
  - Recommended Content supports hints (Android and iOS)
  - Mobile support for Goals – latest updates
- Embedded Analytics
  - Client API updates – Themes
  - Power BI Developer in a Day instructor led and online course is updated
- Developers
  - Improve your matrix performance with the new 4.1 API
- Visualizations
  - New visuals in AppSource
  - Shielded HTML Viewer by Nova Silva
  - graphomate charts 2021.4
  - Zebra BI Cards 1.0 by Zebra BI
  - Leverage process mining through Business Intelligence by PmBI
  - Drill Down Combo Bar PRO by ZoomCharts
  - Paginated report visual
  - Charticulator (version 1.2.0)
- Other
  - Visualize your data quickly from Power Apps and Dynamics 365 apps
Power BI November 2021 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - New Format Pane
  - Page and Bookmark Navigators
    - Page Navigator
    - Bookmark Navigator
    - Formatting options
  - Sort legend
  - Bold/italic/underline for text formatting
  - Text box super/subscript and bulleted lists
  - Pie and donut chart rotation
  - Scorecard visual
  - Update on tenant-level Bing Maps feature switch
- Data connectivity and preparation
  - Azure Synapse Analytics (New Connector)
  - Google Sheets (New Connector)
  - Azure Cosmos DB V2 (New Connector)
  - Delta Sharing (New Connector)
  - Google BigQuery (Connector Update)
  - Cognite Data Fusion (Connector Update)
  - Dremio Cloud (Connector Update)
- Service
  - Admin & governance
    - Datasets hub improvements
    - Azure Lockbox Support for Power BI
  - Power BI Goals
    - Goal level permissions
    - Power Automate Integration
    - Moving goals around the scorecard
    - Showing/hiding and moving columns
- Mobile
  - Use QR codes with URL parameters (Android and iOS)
  - Updated report filters (Android and iOS)
- Embedded Analytics
  - Power BI Embedded Gen2
  - Control embed token expiry
  - Support embedding a Power BI report that contains a paginated report visual
  - Explore your report in the developer playground
- Visualizations
  - New visuals in AppSource
  - Editor’s pick update
  - Find report sample files easily in AppSource
  - Inforiver standard edition by Lumel
  - Drill Down Map PRO by ZoomCharts
  - Lipstick Bar Chart by Nova Silva
  - Charticulator (version 1.1.2)
- Other
  - Automatic Page Refresh now supports DirectQuery for PowerBI datasets and Azure Analysis services
Power BI October 2021 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Heat map layer – Azure Maps Visual
  - DirectQuery for Power BI datasets and Azure Analysis Services
    - More flexibility when selecting tables
    - Performance improvements
  - Tenant-level feature switch for Bing Maps
- Modeling
  - SWITCH performance optimization
  - Bitwise functions in DAX
- Data connectivity and preparation
  - Amazon Redshift (Connector Update)
  - Dataverse (Connector Update)
  - Google Analytics (Connector Update)
  - Azure Cosmos DB V2 (New Connector)
  - Azure Databricks (Connector Update)
  - Amazon Athena
  - SIS-CC-SDMX (New Connector)
  - SumTotal (Connector Update)
  - Usercube (New Connector)
- Service
  - Admin & governance
    - Premium Gen2
    - New API for determining who has access to what Power BI assets
  - Deployment pipeline APIs
  - Upcoming automatic installation of the Power BI app for Microsoft Teams
- Embedded Analytics
  - Export Power BI report to file API – Preview Update
  - Object-Level Security (OLS) is now generally available in Power BI Embedded
  - Adjust zoom level for embedded Power BI reports
  - Updated Multi-Geo support for Power BI Embedded
  - Power BI Embedded Playground update – Use your own embed token
  - Power BI Angular component
- Developers
  - Add modern tooltip to your custom visual
  - Modal Dialog API update
- Visualizations
  - Lollipop Bar Chart by Nova Silva
  - Drill Down TimeSeries PRO visual by ZoomCharts
  - Inforiver by Lumel
  - Hierarchical bar chart by Excelnaccess.com
  - New visuals in AppSource
  - Editor’s pick of the month
- Other
  - ODBC support for paginated reports
  - New instructor led training, BETA version is available for – DAX in a day
Power BI September 2021 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - New formatting options for buttons
  - Toggle total columns in waterfall charts
  - Line chart series labels
  - Sensitivity label support for Power BI template files
- Analytics
  - Insights *
- Modeling
  - Shortcut expression for CALCULATE now supports aggregation functions
  - New parameter for XIRR function
  - Making it easier to format based on a user’s locale
- Data connectivity and preparation
  - The Power BI Connector in Power Automate
  - AssembleViews (Connector Update)
  - Azure Databricks (Connector Update)
  - Bloomberg Enterprise Data and Analytics (Connector Update)
  - DataVirtuality (Connector Update)
  - Exasol (Connector Update)
  - Vena (Connector Update)
- Service
  - Power BI Goals: automated status rules *
  - Power BI Goals: improved filtering *
  - APIs to determine who has access to what Power BI artifacts *
  - Service Principal support for read-only Admin APIs *
- Mobile
  - Goals now available in Power BI Mobile apps
  - Explore content that’s relevant to you (Android and iOS)
  - Now you can request access to reports from your mobile app
- Developers
  - We are moving Power BI visual offers to Commercial Marketplace within Partner Center
- Visualizations
  - PAFnow Process Mining flowchart visual by Process Analytics Factory GMBH
  - Drill Down Network PRO by ZoomCharts
  - Annotated Bar by Queryon
  - Graphomate pictograms 2021.2 by Graphomate
  - New visuals in AppSource
  - Editor’s pick of the month
- Paginated Reports
  - New version of Power BI Report Builder
- Ideas forum updates
Power BI August 2021 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Customize shape formatting
  - X-axis constant line improvements
  - Default sensitivity label policy in Power BI desktop
- Analytics
  - Sharing Q&A synonyms
- Modeling
  - New way of expressing Date and DateTime values
  - Evaluation configuration settings
- Data connectivity and preparation
  - One Dataflow Connector (Connector Update)
  - Automy Data Analytics (New Connector)
  - Azure Databricks (Connector Update)
  - Dremio (Connector Update)
  - Google BigQuery (Connector Update)
  - Quickbase (Connector Update)
- Service
  - Sensitivity labels for paginated reports
  - Leverage automatic aggregations to enhance performance over DirectQuery datasets
  - Power BI REST API support for DAX Queries
  - Detailed historical activity information for Premium datasets
- Mobile
  - New mobile report footer
- Visualizations
  - New Power BI visuals’ store experience
  - New visuals
  - Timeline by Queryon
  - Drill Down Graph PRO by ZoomCharts
  - BIpm custom visual by ProcessM
  - Editor’s pick
Power BI July 2021 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Small multiples
  - Conditional formatting for more properties
  - Power BI’s built-in visuals now include the Power Automate visual
  - Sensitivity labels in Power BI Desktop
  - Republish PBIX with option to not override label in destination.
  - Inherit sensitivity label set to Excel files when importing data into Power BI
- Modeling
  - New Model View
  - DirectQuery for Azure Analysis Services & Power BI datasets Updates
- Data connectivity
  - Amazon Athena (new connector)
  - Databricks (updated connector)
  - Dremio (updated connector)
  - MariaDB (updated connector)
- Service
  - Streaming dataflows
  - Mandatory label policy
  - Custom help link for sensitivity labels
  - Datasets hub improvements
  - Goals support in lineage view
  - Scanner API (Admin REST APIs) enhancements to include dataset tables, columns, measures, DAX expressions, and mashup queries
- Visualizations
  - New visuals
  - Charticulator (custom visual version 1.0.5)
  - Multiple Sparklines
  - Acterys Reporting
  - PureViz Infographic – from PowerPoint to Power BI
  - Dynamic radial bar chart by JTA
  - Drill Down Waterfall PRO
  - Control Chart XmR by Nova Silva
  - Editor’s picks
- Template apps
  - Analyze your email marketing performance using Mailchimp and ActiveCampaign
- Other
  - Power BI Desktop Installer Changes & WebView2
Power BI June 2021 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Paginated reports visual
  - Area chart transparency sliders
  - Inner padding for continuous axes
  - Small multiples: responsiveness and conditional formatting
- Analytics
  - Q&A improvement for inferred results
- Modeling
  - Format strings now persisted when using DirectQuery for Power BI datasets and Azure Analysis Services
- Data preparation
  - DirectQuery support for Dataflows
  - Select all operation is now supported for Dynamic M Query Parameters
- Data connectivity
  - Assemble Views (new connector)
  - BQE Core (new connector)
  - SumTotal (new connector)
  - Adobe Analytics (updated connector)
  - Anaplan (updated connector)
  - Azure Databricks (updated connector)
  - Cognite Data Fusion (updated connector)
  - Dynamics 365 Business Central (updated connector)
  - FactSet Analytics (updated connector)
  - Google BigQuery (updated connector)
  - Starburst Enterprise (updated connector)
  - Vessel Insight (updated connector)
  - Workplace Analytics (updated connector)
  - Snowflake (updated connector)
  - Azure Consumption Insights (connector deprecated)
- Service
  - Datasets discoverability
  - Request access to datasets
  - Mandatory label policy for Microsoft Information Protection sensitivity labels
  - Admin API to Set and Remove Microsoft Information Protection sensitivity labels
  - Automate deployments with new APIs and PowerShell samples
  - Manage Dataflows in deployment pipelines
  - Admin APIs for deployment pipelines
- Mobile
  - A new look for the Power BI Windows app
  - Passing URL parameters to paginated reports
- Visualizations
  - New visuals
  - Drill Down Combo Bar PRO by ZoomCharts
  - Dumbbell Bar Chart by Nova Silva
  - graphomate bubbles 2021.2
  - Zebra BI Tables 5.0
  - Zebra BI Charts 5.0
  - Editor’s picks
- Template apps
  - Template app one-click update and republish
  - Salesforce Analytics for Sales Managers
- Other
  - Power BI Desktop Installer Changes
  - June update of Power BI Report Builder
  - Report action bar now available in the Power BI SharePoint Online Webpart
Power BI May 2021 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Modern visual tooltips
  - Small multiples: now on by default and updated roadmap
  - New field list
  - Support for removing the sensitivity label in Desktop
- Analytics
  - Smart Narratives and Anomaly detection
  - Q&A now supports DirectQuery for Power BI datasets and Azure Analysis Services
- Modeling
  - DirectQuery for Power BI datasets and Azure Analysis Services
  - Model View Updates
- Data connectivity
  - New Connector: EQuIS
  - Connector Update: Automation Anywhere
  - Connector Update: Vena
  - Connector Update: Azure Databricks
  - Connector Update: Amazon Redshift
  - Connector Update: Vertica
  - Connector Deprecation: Microsoft Graph Security
- Service
  - Quickly create reports from SharePoint lists
  - Reports, apps and dataflows endorsement
  - Datasets hub improvements
  - Quick Edit Paginated Reports from the Service
  - Single sign-on enabled for new on-premises data sources for paginated reports
  - Downstream inheritance for sensitivity labels
- Mobile
  - Work side by side with other apps on your iPad or Android tablet
- Visualizations
  - New visuals
  - ADWISE roadmap v2.0
  - Bubble chart by Akvelon
  - Cycle Plot by Nova Silva
  - Drill Down Donut PRO by ZoomCharts
  - Drill Down Map PRO by ZoomCharts
  - Drill Down Pie PRO by ZoomCharts
  - graphomate charts 2021.2
  - graphomate matrix 2021.2
  - Editor’s picks
- Template apps
  - Dataflows Snapshot Analysis
- Developers
  - Dialog boxes support for Power BI custom visuals
  - Displaying a warning icon for a custom visual
- Other
  - Share and Collaborate in Excel for the web connected to Power BI
Power BI April 2021 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Power Automate for Power BI
  - Small multiples: padding controls and combo chart support
  - New and improved shapes
  - Invert axis and continuous axis sorting
- Modeling
  - DirectQuery for Power BI datasets and Azure Analysis Services
  - CROSSFILTER supports many-to-many relationships
  - Performance improvements to IF and SWITCH functions
- Data connectivity
  - New Connector: Bloomberg Data and Analytics
  - New Connector: SoftOne BI
  - Text/CSV By Example now generally available
  - Automatic Table Detection from Excel files now generally available
  - Automatic Table Detection from JSON files now generally available
- Service
  - Easy report sharing via links
  - Improving the Create on top of published dataset experience
  - New capabilities in Deployment Pipelines
  - Enhancements to Sensitivity Labels
    - Sensitivity labels in Power BI embedded now generally available
    - Securing the full data journey from Azure to Office
    - Admin API to Set and Remove labels in Power BI
- Visualizations
  - Microsoft Charticulator visual
  - New visuals
  - Financial Reporting Matrix by Profitbase
  - Merged Bar Chart by Nova Silva
  - Editor’s picks
- Developers
  - API v3.6.0 is now available
- Other
  - Simplifying collection of diagnostic information
Power BI March 2021 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - DirectQuery for Power BI datasets and Azure Analysis Services (preview)
  - Advanced Data Selection in Azure Maps Visual
  - Color Picker Updates
  - Updates to new Field List (preview)
  - Word-wrap in Small Multiples titles (preview)
  - Updates to background settings on Small Multiples (preview)
- Analytics
  - X axis constant line for line charts
- Modeling
  - Model View UI (preview)
  - IF.EAGER
  - CALCULATE filters are easier to use
- Data connectivity
  - Kerberos-based SSO for Denodo
  - Certified Connectors
- Service
  - Featured content on Home Updates
  - View dataset details from workspace list view
  - Filter apps gallery to view only endorsed apps
- Visualizations
  - New visuals
  - SMART KPI List by Nova Silva
  - Comparison Chart
  - Combo Bar PRO Visual
  - Editor’s picks
- Template Apps
  - Download PBIX files for installed template apps
  - Analyze Popular Stocks with Power BI
  - Facebook Ads Overview Report – by Windsor.ai
- Embedded
  - The new Power BI embedded analytics playground
  - Power BI Embedded Generation 2 (preview)
  - Power BI embedded analytics new Contoso demo
  - New Client API documentation
- Other
  - Windows 7 Deprecation
  - Certificate revocation check controls now available in Desktop interface
  - External Tools integration in Desktop generally available
  - Power BI instructor led training – Advanced Data Modeling and data shaping
  - Desktop change log
Power BI February 2021 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - DirectQuery for PBI datasets and Azure Analysis Services Updates (preview)
  - Search Bar
  - Model View Updates (preview)
  - New Field List (preview)
  - Small Multiples (preview): gridlines and background colors
  - Color picker
  - Smart guides for aligning objects are now available in the mobile layout view
  - New filter operations: “is empty” and “is not empty”
  - More granular control over certificate revocation check for web connections
- Analytics
  - Anomaly detection now in ribbon
- Data connectivity
  - Snowflake: Support for Custom Roles
  - Parquet Files: Connector Available in Power BI Desktop
  - Hive LLAP: Support for Windows Authentication
  - Salesforce: API Update
  - SAP HANA and BW: New Documentation
- Service
  - Email subscription attachment
- Mobile
  - Easily find your org’s endorsed content using the mobile app
  - Power BI free license users can now navigate to workspaces in the mobile apps
- Visualizations
  - New visuals
  - Shielded HTML Viewer by Nova Silva
  - Zebra BI Tables (version 4.5)
  - Zebra BI Charts (version 4.5)
  - ValQ 2.0 Released with Connected and Collaborative Planning Features
  - Drill Down Combo PRO by ZoomCharts
  - Editor’s picks
- Template Apps
  - Microsoft partners: Installing a preconfigured template app
  - Sales Analytics AI for Microsoft Business Central
- Developers
  - Visual container fix
  - EnumObjectInst with no datarole support
- Other
  - New icon update
  - Heads up: Microsoft 365, including Power BI, ending support for Internet Explorer 11 and legacy version of Microsoft Edge
  - Paginated reports export API is now generally available
  - Instructor led training February 24th and 25th
Power BI December 2020 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - DirectQuery for Power BI datasets and Azure Analysis Services (preview)
  - Small multiples (preview)
  - Data protection sensitivity labels in Power BI Desktop (preview)
  - Increased rectangle select data point limit
  - Selection pane is now available in the mobile layout view
  - Automatic page refresh for Analysis Services and Power BI datasets
- Data preparation
  - Recent changes to Power Query and Dataflows
- Data connectivity
  - Microsoft Dataverse Connector
  - Azure Time Series Insights Update
  - SurveyMonkey Update
  - Cognite Update
- Service
  - Power BI search in Microsoft Search in Bing and Office now generally available
  - Home List experience
  - Custom publish message
  - New export settings are available in the Power BI admin portal
  - Power BI Premium per user public preview now available
  - Quickly create reports in the Service (coming soon)
- Mobile
  - Dark mode support in the Power BI Android app
  - Anomaly detection is now supported in all mobile apps (iOS, Android and Windows)
- Embedded
  - New look for Embedded scenarios
  - New capabilities in embedding for your organization
  - Personalize visuals experience now fully supported on embedded scenarios
  - New Q&A embed experience
  - Power BI APIs & Life-Cycle Management
  - Coming Soon
- Visualizations
  - New visuals
  - Strip Plot by Nova Silva
  - Intelligent Narratives by Arria NLG
  - Editor’s picks
- Template Apps
  - Test Your Analytics Maturity
  - Apps on AppSource
  - Power BI Gold suite
- Developers
  - New Admin APIs and Service Principal authentication to make for better tenant metadata scanning
  - Power BI Visuals Platform adds support for conditional formatting
Power BI November 2020 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - New Field List (Preview)
  - New Model View (Preview)
  - Apply all filters is now generally available
  - Visual Zoom Slider
  - Data point rectangle select extended to Map visual
  - Certificate revocation check for web connections
  - Paginated Reports Updates
  - Crediting total labels for stacked visuals (Sept 2020)
- Analytics
  - Anomaly Detection (Preview)
  - Q&A now supports partial matching data values
- Data connectivity
  - Hive LLAP connector generally available
  - New connectors: Actian, Anaplan, Starburst Presto
- Service
  - Certified and Promoted reports and apps
  - The ‘new look’ of the Power BI service is live
- Visualizations
  - New Visualizations
  - Zebra BI 4.4
  - New Visual by ZoomCharts: Drill Down Map PRO
  - xViz Scatter/ Bubble chart
  - Editor’s picks
- Developers
  - Power BI Automation and APIs
  - Fetch more data API 3.4
  - Enhanced testing of your developed custom visual
- Coming Soon
Power BI October 2020 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Canvas watermarks
  - Personalize visuals is now generally available
  - Data point rectangle select for Treemap
- Analytics
  - Export data from Q&A visual
- Data preparation
  - Dynamic M Query Parameters (preview)
  - Automatic Table Detection from Excel files
  - Automatic Table Detection from JSON files
- Data connectivity
  - Broader geographical support for Power Platform Dataflows connector
  - MariaDB now supports DirectQuery
  - Updated SharePoint Online List Connector
  - New connectors
    - Spigit
    - eWay-CRM
- Service
  - Updates to the ‘new look’ experience and release plan
- Mobile
  - Power BI for HoloLens 2 (preview)
  - Automatic page refresh is now supported on the Windows app
  - Support for notch displays
- Embedded
  - Power BI Automation and APIs
  - Power BI Embedded Analytics
- Visualizations
  - Extended admin capability features are now generally available!
  - New visuals
  - Zebra BI Charts (version 4.3)
  - Zebra BI Tables (version 4.3)
  - RoadMap by ADWISE (version v1.5.0)
  - ZoomCharts (version 1.6)
  - Bullet Chart by xViz
  - Editor’s picks
- Template Apps
  - Simplified installation
  - Find template apps from the Power BI Desktop
  - DirectQuery support for template apps
- Community
  - Power Platform Community Conference
  - Data Stories Gallery theme
- Other
  - Export data source to PBIDS in Power BI Desktop
  - Icon update
  - Desktop splash screen dismiss
Power BI September 2020 Feature Summary
- Analytics
  - Smart narratives (preview)
  - Q&A now supports arithmetic operations
- Reporting
  - Data point rectangle select for additional charts
  - Added general visual option to maintain layer order
  - Search for a workspace during publish
  - Total labels for stacked visuals
  - Mobile authoring enhancements
  - Bookmark pane is now available in the Mobile layout view
  - New options: turn off gridlines and snap to grid.
- Mobile
  - Improved navigation tree (iOS and Android)
  - Share from Power BI using your favorite apps (iOS and Android)
  - Pinch and zoom is now available in all report views – on both phones and tablets (iOS and Android)
  - Auto play a slideshow on startup (Windows)
- Service
  - New capabilities in lineage view
    - Search within lineage view
    - Data source impact analysis
  - Excel inherits the Power BI dataset’s sensitivity label when using a PivotTable connection
  - Analyze in Excel provides Excel file instead of .ODC
  - Deployment pipelines is now generally available
- Modeling
  - Enhanced Dataset Metadata is now generally available
  - Performance improvements to aggregation expressions involving columns of currency data type
- Data connectivity
  - CDS connector (preview)
  - Azure Databricks
  - MariaDB
  - Hexagon PPM Smart API
  - Other data connectivity updates
- Community
  - Spanish language community forum is now available
  - Data Stories Gallery theme for October
- Visualizations
  - Collage by CloudScope
  - Advanced Trellis / Small Multiples Chart by xViz
  - Waterfall Chart by xViz
  - Editor’s picks
- Template Apps
  - Multichannel Attribution Dashboard
  - Workplace Analytics Dashboard
Power BI Desktop August 2020 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Perspectives support for Personalize visuals (preview)
  - Rectangular lasso select for data points (preview)
  - Added dynamic formatting support to more visuals
- Analytics
  - Direct Query support for Q&A (preview)
- Visualizations
  - Linear Gauge by xViz
  - Advanced Pie & Donut by xViz
  - Ratings visual by TME AG
  - Toggle switch by TME AG
  - Drill down Pie PRO by ZoomCharts
  - ADWISE RoadMap
  - Updates to ArcGIS Maps
  - Extending Admin capabilities for AppSource visuals
- Template Apps
  - Agile CRM Analytics for Dynamics 365
- Data Preparation
  - Text/CSV By Example (preview)
- Data connectivity
  - Cherwell connector
  - Automation Anywhere connector
  - Acterys connector
Power BI Desktop July 2020 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Gradient legend
  - Ability to further customize slicer header text
  - Relative time filter is now generally available
- Analytics
  - Enhancements to Q&A
    - Field synonyms
    - Visual renames as suggested synonyms
    - Orange underlines for ambiguous terms
    - Updates to Q&A pop-out
- Visualizations
  - Azure Maps visual (preview)
    - Bubble layer
    - 3D bar chart layer
    - Reference layer
    - Custom tile layer
    - Real-time traffic overlay
  - Updates to Multi-Axis Chart by xViz
- Modeling
  - Support for Excel financial functions
  - Model view enabled for live connect is now generally available
- Data Preparation
  - Global option to disable automatic type detection
- Template Apps
  - YouTube Analytics by MAQ Software
- Other
  - Launch external tools from Power BI Desktop (preview)
Power BI Desktop June 2020 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Enhancements to mobile layout authoring
    - New phone emulator
    - Updated visualization pane
    - Support for overlaid visuals
  - Automatic page refresh is now generally available
  - Hierarchical slicer is now generally available
    - New options for expand/collapse icons
    - Icons now scale with font size
    - Ability to customize indentation for child items
    - Supported with AI visuals
  - Modern ribbon is now generally available
  - RLS is now supported for Featured Tables in Excel’s Data Types gallery
- Analytics
  - AI insights are now generally available
- Visualizations
  - Line chart dot formatting options
  - Radar chart by MAQ Software
  - ValQ for Modern Visual Planning
  - Advanced Trellis by xViz
  - Updates to Gantt chart by xViz
  - Updates to Cards with States by OKViz
- Template apps
  - Agile HR Analytics
  - Uber User Data Report
- Modeling
  - Model view enabled for live connect (preview)
  - Updates to Model view
- Data connectivity
  - Palantir Foundry connector
- Other
  - New Power BI trainings
Power BI Desktop May 2020 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Curate featured tables for Excel (preview)
  - Apply all filters (preview)
  - Enhancements to change detection (preview)
    - Change detection simulation in Desktop
    - Change detection queries in Performance Analyzer
  - Drill through button action is now generally available
    - Conditionally set the drill through destination
    - Conditionally format disabled and enabled state tooltips
    - Customize formatting for the disabled state
  - Enhancements to page navigation action
    - Conditionally set the navigation destination
    - Support for shapes and images
  - Buttons now support fill images
  - Drop shadow support for visuals
  - Filter pane migration
- Analytics
  - Decomposition tree is now generally available
- Visualizations
  - Packed bubble chart by xViz
  - Updates to hierarchy filter by xViz
  - Power Apps visual is now compatible with all languages supported in Power BI
- Modeling
  - List separator and decimal symbol will now default to the standard DAX separators
- Data preparation
  - Direct Query on Dataflows
  - Web by example now automatically suggests tables by default
  - Enhancements to Query Diagnostics: Privacy Level partitions
- Data connectivity
  - Witivio connector
  - Linkar connector
  - Webtrends connector
  - Planview ProjectPlace connector
  - Shortcuts Business Insights connector
  - Vessel Insights connector
  - Zoho Creator connector
- Other
  - Dataset impact analysis
Power BI Desktop April 2020 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Personalize visuals (preview)
  - Change detection for page refresh (preview)
  - Relative time filter (preview)
  - Rectangular lasso select across visuals
  - Conditional formatting for totals and subtotals in table and matrix
  - Customize theme dialog is now generally available
  - Improved discoverability for conditional formatting
- Analytics
  - Direct Query support for AI visuals
    - Decomposition tree
    - Key influencers
  - Decomposition tree now supports tooltips
  - Q&A updates
    - Suggest questions
    - Teach Q&A now supports measure conditions
    - Q&A is now supported on Power BI datasets
- Visualizations
  - Radar/Polar chart by xViz
  - Comicgen by Gramener
  - Pareto by sio2Graphs
  - Growth Rate Combo Chart by Djeeni
  - Smart Filter Pro by OKViz
  - New Visualization icons
- Template Apps
  - Power Platform Center of Excellence StartKit
  - Azure Cognitive Search: analyze logs and metrics
  - COVID-19 Apps
- Data preparation
  - Enhancements to Query Diagnostics
- Data connectivity
  - CDM Folder view for Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
- Other
  - New instructor-led training
Announcing the New Personalize Visuals Experience for Power BI Reports
Power BI Desktop March 2020 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - New action types for buttons
    - Page navigation
    - Drill through (preview)
  - Multi-column sort for tables
  - Dual axis for line chart
  - Filter pane search
  - Updates to decomposition tree
    - Bars per level formatting option
    - Updates to behavior of data bar length
  - New ribbon is now on by default
- Modeling
  - New DAX function: COALESCE
- Visualizations
  - Waterfall chart by xViz
  - Updates to ArcGIS Maps
    - New connection options
    - Enterprise support is now generally available
    - Support for multiple reference layers
    - New table of contents
- Template Apps
  - Azure DevOps dashboard by Data Maru
  - TeamsPower by Encamina
- Data preparation
  - Query diagnostics is now generally available
- Data connectivity
  - Hive LLAP connector
  - Cognite connector
- Other
  - Enhanced dataset metadata (preview)
  - Using default system credentials for web proxy
  - New instructor-led administrator in a day training
Power BI Desktop February 2020 Feature Summary
- Dataset management
  - Incremental refresh is now generally available
- Reporting
  - Hierarchical slicer (preview)
  - Updates to the new ribbon (preview)
    - Title bar updates
    - Keytips
    - Accessibility
- Modeling
  - New DAX Functions
    - FirstNonBlankValue
    - LastNonBlankValue
- Visualizations
  - Funnel and pyramid chart by xViz
  - OEE Dashboard by 3AG Systems
  - Organization chart by MAQ Software
  - PI VIZpack by PQ Systems
    - Histogram
    - Individuals control chart
    - Individuals and moving range control chart
    - Multi-group individuals chart
    - X-bar control chart
    - X-bar and range control chart
    - P-chart
    - U-chart
  - Updates to Zebra BI tables and charts
- Template Apps
  - Microsoft 365 usage analytics
  - NFL analytics by P3
  - Acterys for Quickbooks, Xero & WorkflowMax
- Data preparation
  - Non-admin support for query diagnostics
- Data connectivity
  - MicroStrategy connector is now generally available
  - FHIR connector is now generally available
  - Factset connector
  - TIBCO connector
  - Jamf Pro connector
  - Asana connector
Power BI Desktop December 2019 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Customize current theme (preview)
  - Export current theme
  - Setting table column or matrix value as a custom URL
  - KPI visual formatting settings
  - New decomposition tree formatting
  - Filter pane toggle button in the new ribbon
  - Automatic Page Refresh query details (preview)
- Analytics
  - Load more for Analyze insights
  - New DAX function: Quarter
- Visualizations
  - Personalization of the visualization pane is now generally available
  - New xViz visuals
    - Hierarchy tree
    - Bullet chart
    - Parallel Coordinates
    - Gantt chart
  - New Zebra BI visuals
    - Zebra BI charts
    - Zebra BI tables
  - Drill Down Combo Bar PRO by ZoomCharts
  - Annotated Bar by Queryon
  - Tachometer 5 Ranges
  - ValQ licensing updates
- Data connectivity
  - Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 connector is now generally available
  - Power Platform Dataflows connector
  - PostgreSQL connector now includes the Npgsql provider
  - AtScale connector is now generally available
  - Azure Time Series Insights connector
  - Data Virtuality connector
  - Zucchetti HR Infinity connector
- Data Preparation
  - Updates to AI Insights functions (preview)
- Template apps
  - Omnichannel insights for Dynamics 365
  - Customer service analytics for Dynamics 365
  - Microsoft Forms Pro for Customer Service
Power BI Desktop November 2019 Feature Summary
- Other
  - Modern ribbon (preview)
- Reporting
  - Decomposition tree visual (preview)
- Analytics
  - Conditionally format button formatting
- Visualizations
  - ArcGIS Maps for Power BI update
  - New xViz visuals
    - Advanced Gauge
    - Hierarchical Filter
  - ZoomCharts Drill-Down Waterfall Visual
  - Financial Reporting Matrix by Profitbase
  - Distribution
  - Tree
- Data connectivity
  - LinkedIn Sales Navigator connector
  - Edit SAP variables experience now generally available
  - Vena connector
  - SiteImprove connector
  - Product Insights connector
  - Web By Example connector – support for extracting links
- Data Preparation
  - AI functions in Power Query (Preview)
- Template apps
  - LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Sales Operations
Power BI Desktop October 2019 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Automatic page refresh for DirectQuery (preview)
- Analytics
  - The new Q&A visual
  - Improved user experience for Q&A
  - Natural Language improvements for Q&A
  - Q&A tooling (Preview)
  - Support for SSAS and Azure AS including RLS
- Visualizations
  - PowerApps visual is now included by default
  - New xViz visuals
    - Hierarchical Variance Table
    - Linear Gauge
    - Tag Cloud
- Data connectivity
  - Sagra Emigo connector generally available
  - Azure Cost Management connector updated
  - New Workplace Analytics connector
- Data Preparation
  - Query diagnostics
  - Data profiling enhancements
- Template Apps
  - Project Web App
- Other
  - New file format: .pbids
  - Performance improvements for modeling operations
Power BI Desktop September 2019 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Color and text classes in themes
  - New default themes
  - Personalized visualization pane improvements (preview)
    - Unpin default visuals
    - About info for visuals
- Analytics
  - Custom format strings
  - Conditional formatting for more visual formatting options
    - Alt text
    - Border color
    - Gauge colors
  - Drill through discoverability improvement
  - New DAX expressions: REMOVEFILTERS and CONVERT
- Visualizations
  - PowerApps visual now generally available
- Data connectivity
  - PostgreSQL connector enhancements:
    - Support for folding over Native Database queries
    - DirectQuery support generally available
- Data preparation
  - Copy to clipboard from data profiling
- Template apps
  - Google Analytics report
- Other
  - Performance improvements for multi-dimensional models
  - Query performance improvements for DirectQuery models
Power BI Desktop August 2019 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Grouping visuals
  - Filter pane auto-update
  - Icon style picker for Icons conditional formatting
  - Conditional formatting warnings
- Analytics
  - Key influencers improvements
    - Measure support
    - General availability
- Visualizations
  - xViz visualization suite by Visual BI
    - Multiple Axis chart
    - Marimekko chart
    - Variance chart
    - Horizon chart
- Data connectivity
  - Support for SAP HANA HDI Containers
  - Edit SAP variables in Power BI Service (preview)
  - PostgreSQL DirectQuery (beta)
  - MarkLogic connector now generally available
  - New Power Platform category within Get Data
- Template apps
  - Facebook Pages – Basic Analytics
Power BI Desktop July 2019 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Icon sets for table and matrix
  - Percent support for conditional formatting by rules
  - New filter pane is now generally available
  - Data colors support when using play axis on scatter charts
  - Performance improves when using relative date and dropdown slicers
- Analytics
  - Counts for Key influencers visual (preview)
  - Aggregations improvements
    - RLS support
    - Aggregations now generally available
- Visualizations
  - PowerApps visual is now certified
  - InfoCard
  - Sunburst by MAQ Software
  - Flying Brick visual
- Data connectivity
  - Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 connector (beta)
  - Azure Cosmos DB Connector is now generally available
  - Dynamics 365 Customer Insights connector
- Data preparation
  - New Transform: Split column by positions
Power BI Desktop June 2019 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Updated pane design
  - Visual level filters for slicers
  - Sorting for the performance analyzer pane
  - Conditional formatting updates for formatting options
    - Visual background and title colors
    - Card colors
    - Gauge fill
  - Visual header tooltips
  - Table & matrix total label customization
  - Sync slicer support for hierarchy slicer
  - Consistent font sizes across visuals
- Analytics
  - Key Influencers visual updates (preview)
    - Key Influencers with Live Connect to Power BI datasets
    - Key Influencers accessibility
    - Support for Cloud RLS
  - Manage aggregations dialog accessibility
- Modeling
  - New DAX comparison operator: ==
- Visualization
  - Personalized visualization pane (preview)
  - SCADAvis.io Synoptic Visual
  - PAFnow Process Mining
  - DualCard
- Data connectivity
  - Connect to shared and certified datasets
  - Common Data Service connector is now generally available
  - Azure Data Explorer connector is now generally available
  - Enhancements to the Cosmos DB connector
  - Entersoft
- Data preparation
  - Improvements to M Intellisense
Power BI Desktop May 2019 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Performance analyzer pane
  - Filter pane improvements (preview)
    - Sorting filter cards
    - Theming support
  - Table and matrix keyboard navigation
  - Line data label position control
  - KPI visual indicator text size control
- Analytics
  - Key influencers visual improvements (preview)
    - Binning support
    - Formatting options
    - Mobile support
- Modeling
  - Disable auto-date tables for new reports
  - Update to the ALLSELECTED DAX function
- Visualizations
  - ArcGIS maps for Power BI updates
  - Mapbox updates
  - ValQ – Modern Digital Planning
  - Advanced Graph Visual
  - Craydec Control Charts
  - Walkers Animated Pictogram
  - Treemap Bar Chart by MAQ Software
- Data connectivity
  - Essbase connector: Support for Native Query (MDX).
  - Intune Data Warehouse connector
  - Tenforce connector
  - Roamler connector
- Other
  - Automatic query cancellation for Power BI Desktop
Power BI Desktop April 2019 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Filter pane improvements
    - Support for full filter pane editing
    - Ability to rename filters
    - Filter pane scales with the report page
    - Restrict ability to change filter type
    - Improved filter pane accessibility
  - Conditional formatting for visual titles
  - Conditional formatting for web URL actions for buttons, shapes, and images
- Analytics
  - Drillthrough across reports
  - Key Influencers visual now supports continuous analysis for numeric targets
  - Python support is now generally available
  - Partial synonym matching for terms in Q&A
- Modeling
  - New DAX function – ALLCROSSFILTERED
- Visualizations
  - rainbowGauge
- Data connectivity
  - Power BI dataflows connector now generally available
  - Oracle Essbase connector now supports DirectQuery and is generally available
  - PDF connector now generally available
  - Web By Example connector – automatic table inference
  - Intersystems IRIS connector
  - Indexima connector
  - Luminis InformationGrid
  - Solver BI360
  - Paxata
- Data preparation
  - Data Profiling enhancements and general availability
  - Fuzzy merge performance enhancements & general availability
  - M Intellisense supported in formula bar and custom column dialog & is generally available
- Other
  - Power BI Paginated Report Builder
Power BI Desktop March 2019 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Single select slicer
  - Heat map support for Bing maps
  - Cross-highlight by axis labels
  - Default tooltip formatting
  - Static web URL support for buttons, shapes & images
  - Filter pane improvement
  - Page alignment options
  - Selection pane improvements
  - Formatting updates for maps
    - Adjust map points to a smaller size
    - Ability to add zoom buttons
  - Accessible visual interaction
- Analytics
  - Q&A recommendations for improving results
  - Show dates as a hierarchy now generally available
- Modelling
  - New modelling view now generally available
  - New DAX functions
- Custom visuals
  - New certified custom visuals setting in admin portal
  - Craydec Regression Chart
  - Power Slicer
- Data connectivity
  - PDF connector now supports tables spanning multiple pages (preview)
  - Intelligent Plant’s Industrial App Store connector
  - Azure Cost Management connector
Power BI Desktop February 2019 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Updates to the new filter pane (preview)
    - More filter pane formatting
    - Accessibility improvements for the new filtering experience
  - Cross-highlight on a single point in line charts
  - Word wrap on titles
  - Update default visual interaction to cross-filter
  - Rounded corners for visual borders
- Analytics
  - Key Influencers visual (preview)
  - Insights questions in Q&A
  - Auto-generated suggested questions for Q&A explorer
  - Improved Python & R script editor
- Custom visuals
  - Additional purchases for custom visuals
  - Advanced Donut Visual
  - Advanced Combo Visual
  - Advanced TimeSeries Visual
  - Advanced Network Visualization
  - 3AG Systems – Line chart with absolute variance
  - Summary Table
  - KPImg
  - Ultimate KPI Card
  - Violin Plot
- Data connectivity
  - Microsoft Graph Security
  - Guidanz’ BI Connector for OBIEE
  - MarkLogic
  - Kronos Workforce Dimensions
  - SurveyMonkey
  - Qubole Presto
  - Quick Base
  - Sagra Emigo
- Other
  - Improved Live connect & Direct Query error messages
Power BI Desktop December 2018 Feature Summary
- Here’s the complete list of December updates:
- Reporting
  - Smart guides for aligning objects on a page
  - ArcGIS Maps for Power BI updates
  - Fields list accessibility support
  - Set tab order for objects on a page
  - Tooltips for button visuals
  - Updated icons for “Visual interactions”
- Analytics
  - Live connect support for Q&A (preview)
- Modeling
  - DAX formula bar updates
  - Data view accessibility support
- Custom visuals
  - BIpm: Interactive directed flow graph
- Data connectivity
  - AtScale connector (Beta)
  - Oracle Essbase connector (Beta)
- Data preparation
  - Fuzzy merge – support for Top N best matches
- Other
  - High contrast support for all panes and report footer
  - Updated keyboard shortcuts dialog
Power BI Desktop November 2018 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Expand & collapse matrix row headers
  - Copy & paste between Desktop files
  - Updated filtering experience (preview)
  - Report accessibility improvements
- Analytics
  - Color saturation on visuals upgraded to use conditional formatting
  - Related questions in the Q&A explorer
- Modeling
  - New modeling view (preview)
  - Composite models now generally available
  - Modeling accessibility improvements
  - New DAX functions
- Custom visuals
  - Calendar by MAQ Software
  - Ratings by MAQ Software
  - Hourglass Chart by MAQ Software
  - Forecast Using Multiple Models by MAQ Software
  - Pie Charts Tree
- Data connectivity
  - Azure DevOps Server connector
  - PDF Connector support for Start Page and End Page parameters
  - Improved Azure Consumption Insights connector
Power BI Desktop October 2018 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Search in filter cards
  - Improved accessible authoring experiences
  - Performance improvements for ArcGIS Map
- Modeling
  - DAX editor improvements
- Analytics
  - Composite models & Aggregation support in the Power BI service (preview)
  - Explain the increase for non-additive measures
- Custom visuals
  - Mapbox updates – 3D extrusion on fill maps & more
  - Various bar & column chart visuals by Akvelon
  - 3AG Systems – Column chart with small multiples
  - 3AG Systems – Bar chart with absolute variance
  - 3AG Systems – Column chart with relative variance
- Data connectivity
  - Web By Example connector is now generally available
  - SAP BW Connector implementation v2 is now generally available
  - SAP BW Message Server Connector is now generally available
  - Vertica connector is now generally available
  - Dynamics NAV and Dynamics 365 Business Central connectors are now generally available
  - New Dynamics 365 Business Central On-premises connector
- Data preparation
  - Data Profiling in Query Editor (preview)
  - Fuzzy Matching options for Merge Queries (preview)
- Other
  - Control export data options for your reports
  - Transport layer security settings
Power BI Desktop September 2018 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Dot plot layout support in scatter charts
  - Copy value and selection from table & matrix
  - Built-in report theme options
  - Report page tooltips generally available & Card support
  - Accessibility improvements for analytics and formatting pane support
- Analytics
  - Aggregations (preview)
  - Q&A support for RLS
- Custom visuals
  - Horizon Chart
  - Text Enhancer by MAQ Software
  - Advance Card
  - Multi KPI
  - Custom visual API updates
- Data connectivity
  - PDF file connector (preview)
  - SAP BW connector – support for measure properties
  - Dataflows connector (beta)
- Data preparation
  - M intellisense (preview)
  - Add Column From Examples – support for text padding
Power BI Desktop August 2018 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Print reports through Export to PDF
  - Create bookmark groups
  - Theming generally available
  - Slicer restatement
- Analytics
  - Conditional formatting by values
  - Python integration (preview)
  - Q&A improvements
    - Q&A in Power BI Desktop generally available
    - Better matching experience for Power BI Desktop and Power BI Premium
- Modeling
  - Data categories for measures
  - Statistical DAX functions
- Custom visuals
  - 3AG Systems – Column Chart with Variance
  - Scatter Chart by Akvelon
  - Small Multiples Line Chart
  - Add Natural Language Summaries for BI
  - Pivot Slicer
- Data connectivity
  - Spark connector generally available
Power BI Desktop July 2018 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - New visual header with more flexibility and formatting
  - Wallpaper formatting
  - Theming update – more visual and page control (preview)
  - Tooltips for table and matrix
  - Turn tooltips off for visuals
  - Slicer accessibility
  - Formatting pane improvements
  - Stepped line support for line and combo charts
  - Turn off combo chart data labels for individual series
  - Sorting experience improvement
- Analytics
  - Distribution factor insights
- Custom visuals
  - Power BI certified category
  - Disabling specific organizational visual
  - Visio custom visual generally available
  - Mapbox custom visual generally available
  - DataText Box custom visual
  - China Scatter Map custom visual
- Data Connectivity
  - IBM DB2 DirectQuery connector (preview)
  - Improvements to Web By Example connector
    - Support for importing multiple custom tables
    - Automatic completions for specifying sample values
    - Exposure of attribute selectors in HTML.Table function
  - SAP HANA – Default values for variables in Variable Input experience
Power BI Desktop June 2018 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - High contrast support for reports
  - Donut radius control
  - Pie and donut detail labels position control
  - Format data labels separately for each measure in a combo chart
  - Longer phone reports
- Custom visuals
  - Organization Chart
  - China Heat Map
- Modeling
  - Filtering and sorting in data view
  - Improved locale formatting
- Data connectivity
  - SAP BusinessWarehouse connector improvements
    - New driver and improved performance
    - Improved support for hierarchy variables
  - Spark connector now supports Windows Authentication
  - OData V4 connector enhancements
  - ODBC connector improvements
    - Folding support for Top Rows
    - Ability to filter navigation by DSN catalog
- Other
  - National cloud selector
Power BI Desktop May 2018 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Conditional formatting by a different field
  - Advanced slicer syncing
  - Log axis improvements
  - Data label options for funnel chart
  - Set line stroke width to zero
- Analytics
  - Measure drillthrough
- Power BI Premium
  - Incremental refresh (preview)
- Custom visuals
  - Collage by CloudScope
  - Chinese Color Map
- Data connectivity
  - New “From Web” connector – By example data extraction (preview)
  - Common Data Service for Apps connector (beta)
  - Azure KustoDB connector (beta)
  - Google BigQuery and Azure HDInsight Spark connectors now generally available
  - Adobe Analytics connector update – Support for multiple domain logins (preview)
  - Visual Studio Team Services connector update – Analytics views support
  - OLE DB connector update – Support for alternate Windows credentials
  - SAP BW DirectQuery connector update – Improved technical name support
- Data preparation
  - Improvements to Add Column From Examples
Power BI Desktop April 2018 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Q&A Explorer (preview)
  - Buttons to trigger actions
  - Combo chart line styles
  - Improved default sort for visuals
  - Numeric Slicer now generally available
- Analytics
  - Update your linguistic schema
  - New DAX function: COMBINEVALUES()
- Custom visuals
  - Organizational visuals now generally available
  - Overview by CloudScope
  - Icon Map by Altius
  - Hexbin Scatterplot
- Data connectivity
  - Adobe Analytics connector now generally available
  - SAP HANA connector improvement: Port selection
  - Dynamics 365 Business Central connector
Power BI Desktop March 2018 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Report page tooltips (preview)
  - Bookmarking is now generally available
  - Display units and precision control for table & matrix columns
  - Turn off the visual header in reading mode for a report
  - Improved default visual placement
- Custom visuals
  - Mapbox
  - User List by CloudScope
  - Timeline by CloudScope
  - KPI Chart by Akvelon
  - R DataTable
  - Outliers Detection
  - Data Insights by MAQ Software
  - Dumbbell Chart by MAQ Software
  - Clustering using OPTICS by MAQ Software
- Data connectivity
  - SAP HANA connector enhancements
    - DirectQuery multidimensional support is now generally available
    - SSL certificate validation support
  - SAP BW DirectQuery is now generally available
  - Azure Analysis Services connector is now generally available
- Other
  - Improved error reporting
  - View previous errors you’ve encountered
Power BI Desktop February 2018 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Multi-select data points across multiple charts
  - Sync slicers across multiple pages of your report
  - Numeric range slicer improvement – whole number snapping (preview)
  - Faster geocoding for Bing maps (web preview)
  - Overflow data labels for bar and column charts
  - Search the formatting and analytics pane
- Analytics
  - Mark custom date table
  - Quick measures are now generally available
  - UTCNOW() and UTCTODAY()
- Custom visuals
  - Organizational custom visuals (preview)
  - Network Visualization and Filter
  - Slope Chart by MAQ Software
  - Filter by List
  - as Timeline
  - as T-Accounts
- Data connectivity
  - Improvements to DirectQuery over SAP HANA (preview)
- Other
  - DirectQuery performance improvements
  - Open and save performance improvements
  - “Show items with no data” improvements
  - Persistent filters control for up coming Power BI service feature
  - Consulting Services quick link
Power BI Desktop January 2018 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Show and hide pages
  - Control data label background color for Cartesian and maps visuals
  - Increase area used for axis labels in charts
  - Bar/column padding control
  - Show dates as a hierarchy (preview)
  - Add an anchor date for relative date slicer
  - Top N selection in Q&A
- Analytics
  - Correlation coefficient quick measure
- Custom Visuals
  - PowerApps
  - TreeViz
  - Funnel with Source by MAQ Software
  - Box and Whisker chart by MAQ Software
  - Agility Planning Matrix Light
  - Image Grid
  - Gantt Chart by MAQ Software
- Data connectivity
  - Support for Azure Active Directory authentication for Azure SQL Database & Data Warehouse connectors
- Other
  - Advanced language settings for the Windows store app
Happy New Year from Power BI Desktop
Power BI Desktop December 2017 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Q&A for report creation (preview)
  - Cross-highlighting for bookmarks
  - More bookmark flexibility
  - Field properties pane and field descriptions
  - Scatter visual from x- & y-axis groupings
  - High density sampling for maps based on latitude and longitude
  - Responsive slicers
  - New custom visuals
    - Card Browser
    - Table Heatmap
    - Data Image by CloudScope
    - Power KPI Matrix
    - Text Filter
    - ChartAccent – LineChart
    - ChartAccent – BarChart
- Analytics
  - Drill filters other visuals
- Data connectivity
  - Adobe Analytics connector (preview)
  - HDInsight Interactive Query connector
  - Data.World connector
  - SAP BW connector improvements:
    - Support for connecting to an SAP BW Message Server
    - Support for Windows Authentication
  - IBM Netezza connector is now generally available
Power BI Desktop November 2017 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Rule-based conditional formatting for table and matrix
  - Cell alignment for table and matrix
  - Control visual ordering through the selection pane
  - Lock objects on your report
  - Esri Plus Subscription is available for ArcGIS Maps for Power BI
  - Report options for slow data sources
  - Filtering performance improvements
  - Recently released custom visuals
    - Image Timeline
    - Social network graph
    - Venn diagram by MAQ Software
    - HTML viewer
- Analytics
  - Cell-level formatting for multidimensional AS models for multi-row card
- Data connectivity
  - Impala connector – support for Windows Authentication
- Query editing
  - Add Column From Examples improvements
Power BI Desktop October 2017 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Bookmarking (preview)
  - Selection pane and visual display controls
  - Bookmark links for shapes and images (preview)
  - Spotlight
  - Scatter & bubble markers
  - Increase the number of data points shown in scatter charts
- Analytics
  - Quick measures for SSAS live connections
  - Sales from new customers quick measure
  - Cell-level formatting for multidimensional AS models
- Data connectivity
  - Vertica connector (beta)
  - SAP BW connector: support for additional member properties
- Other
  - Power BI Desktop in the Windows Store
  - Improved access to help content
Power BI Desktop September 2017 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Drillthrough to another report page
  - Explain the increase/decrease insights (preview)
  - Ribbon chart
  - Theming preview update – chart style controls
  - Accessibility improvements
    - Accessible See data
    - Keyboard shortcut helper dialog
  - High density scatter chart sampling
  - Cartesian gridline style control
  - New community visuals
    - Visio visual (preview)
    - Calendar by Tallan
    - Enlighten Aquarium
    - Impact Bubble Chart
- Data connectivity
  - Azure Consumption Insights connector
  - Improvements to the Dynamics 365 for Financials connector
Power BI Desktop August 2017 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Show values on rows for matrix
  - Color scales on font colors for table & matrix
  - Custom subtotal settings per level of matrix
  - Line styles and legend options
  - Scatter chart performance improvements
  - New custom visuals
    - Dot Plot by MAQ Software
    - Power KPI
    - Funnel plot
    - Beyondsoft Calendar
- Analytics
  - What if parameters
  - New scatter chart analytics features
    - Symmetry shading
    - Ratio line
  - New quick measure: weighted average
- Data connectivity
  - Live connect to the Power BI service is generally available
  - Google BigQuery connector (beta)
Power BI Desktop July 2017 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - New table & matrix visuals are now generally available
  - Renaming fields in visuals
  - Custom visuals store integration
  - Relative date filters
  - Responsive layout for visuals (preview)
  - New waterfall chart option – breakdown
  - Custom visual updates
    - Drilldown Choropleth
    - Drilldown Cartogram
    - Drilldown Player
    - Certified custom visuals
- Analytics & modeling
  - Quick measures from the community
    - Star rating
    - Concatenated list of values
  - Bidirectional cross filtering for DirectQuery is now generally available
- Data connectivity
  - Snowflake connector general availability
- Query editing
  - Add Column from Examples enhancements
Power BI Desktop June 2017 Feature Summary
- Reporting
  - Data bars for new table & matrix (preview)
  - Markers on line, area, & combo charts
  - Accessible reports
    - Consume Power BI reports with keyboard navigation and screen reader support
    - Create accessible reports
  - Visuals font family setting
  - Horizontal Image Slicer
  - Combo chart formatting updates
    - Force zeros to align between the two axes
    - Shade area of the line
  - Bing maps improvements
    - Map themes
    - Improved geo hierarchy experience
  - High density line sampling
- Data connectivity
  - Custom Data Connectors support
  - Power BI service Live Connect to On Premises and Push streaming datasets
  - Impala connector is now generally available
  - Amazon Redshift connector is now generally available
  - SAP BW connector – DirectQuery support (beta)
  - IBM Netezza connector (beta)
- Query editing
  - “Add Column from Examples” enhancements
Power BI Desktop May 2017 Feature Summary
- Report view
  - Relative date slicer (preview)
  - New table visual (preview)
  - Combo chart data label enhancements
  - More URL support in table & matrix
  - Mailto links in textbox
- Analytics
  - Report level measures for live connections to Analysis Services tabular models & Power BI service datasets
  - 2 new quick measures (preview): Total for category & Rolling average
  - Bin by count
- Data connectivity
  - New connector: Dynamics 365 for Customer Insights
  - Combine files – ability to reference “First File” as example
- Query editing
  - Two new transforms:
    - Extract text before/after/between delimiters
    - Unpivot only selected columns
Connecting to datasets in the Power BI service from Desktop
Quick Measures Preview
Power BI Desktop April 2017 Feature Summary
- Report view
  - Rename axis titles
  - New matrix visual enhancements: column sorting, column resizing, and word wrapping (preview)
- Analytics
  - Quick measures and show value as (preview)
  - Q&A in Spanish (preview)
- Data connectivity
  - Connect to datasets in the Power BI service (preview)
  - Redshift Connector: beta support & publish to Power BI service
  - SAP HANA & BW Connectors: enhancements to parameter input experience
- Query editing
  - Add column by example
  - Split column (by delimiter/number of characters) into rows
  - Group by – basic mode
  - Go to column
Power BI Community Report Theme Gallery
Power BI Desktop March 2017 Feature Summary
- Report view
  - Report theming preview
  - New matrix visual preview
  - Textbox font color
  - Numeric range slicer preview
  - Percent of total on pie and donut chart data labels
  - Cross-highlight using multiple series
- Analytics
  - Clustering is now generally available
- Data connectivity
  - New Connector: Azure Analysis Services
  - Azure Data Lake Store connector is now generally available
  - DB2 connector: option to specify package collection
  - Combine binaries: ability to specify sample file to use
- Query editing
  - Split column by delimiter: automatic detection of delimiter character
Power BI Desktop February 2017 Feature Summary
- Report view
  - Word wrap on matrix row headers
  - X- and Y-axis font size control
  - Cartesian chart minimum category width
  - Line chart line thickness and join type controls
- Analytics
  - 2 new Quick Calcs: Percent of row total & percent of column total
- Data connectivity
  - ODBC and OLE DB connectors: support for selecting related tables
  - Enhanced Folder connector: support for combining binaries from the Preview dialog
  - Unified text & CSV connectors
  - PowerApps Common Data Service connector
- Query editing improvements
  - Specify the desired column type and locale in column headers type menus
  - Easily insert steps in existing queries
- Other
  - Solution Templates and Partner Showcase quick access
Power BI Desktop January 2017 Feature Summary
- Report View
  - Table header word wrap
  - Table & matrix conditional formatting improvement – blank formatting
  - New aggregations for string and dateTime columns
  - Phone reports GA
- Data Connectivity
  - Visual Studio Team Services connector
  - Enhanced SQL Server connector – support for SQL Failover option
- Query Editing Improvements
  - New transform: extract values from a nested list
Power BI Desktop – 2016 Year in Review
Announcing the Preview of Download Power BI Desktop files from the web
Power BI Desktop November 2016 Feature Summary
- Report View
  - Dropdown slicer
  - Hierarchical axis
  - Matrix conditional formatting
  - Table & matrix column formatting
  - Axis label and title color control
  - Phone reports scrolling
- Analytics
  - Clustering (preview)
  - Forecasting – now available on Power BI on the web
  - Groups – ribbon entry point
- Data Connectors
  - Spark DirectQuery
  - OData connector – folding of expand record operations
  - Enhanced “combine binaries” experience
  - Azure Analysis Services
  - Web connector updates
- Query Editing Improvements
  - Improved “function authoring” experience
  - Support for percentage data type
  - Maximize/Restore buttons in the Navigator and Query Dependencies dialogs
Power BI Desktop October 2016 Feature Summary
- Report View
  - Date slicer
  - Report gridlines and snap to grid (Preview)
  - Data label improvements
  - Map formatting options
  - Improved date axis range formatting
- Analytics
  - Grouping
  - Binning
  - Top N filter
  - Include/Exclude data points
  - R-powered custom visuals
- Data Connectors
  - Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Financials
  - OLEDB
  - Mixpanel
- Query Editing Improvements
  - Support for table parameters in “Invoke Function” dialog
- Other Improvements
  - Diagnostic information in the “About” dialog
August Power BI Desktop Update: Updated Drill experience
Power BI Desktop August 2016 Feature Summary
- Report View
  - Drill on line chart
  - Continuous axis for Date axis
  - General availability of inline hierarchies
  - Predefined matrix styles
  - Reorder fields in charts and tooltips
  - Color formatting for KPI visual
- Analytics
  - Analytics pane
  - Dynamic reference lines
- Data Connectors
  - Impala DirectQuery support
  - Snowflake connector
  - Improved Web connector – Web page previews
  - General availability of SAP BW connector
- Query Editing Improvements
  - Option to Merge/Append as New Query
- Other Improvements
  - Auto-recover Desktop files

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