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Power BI April 2021 Feature Summary

by Jason Roy | Apr 21, 2021

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

 

Click here for to full article: Microsoft Power BI Article

Reach out to Jason Roy at JRoy@mailctp.com for more information!

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