Posts categorized: Features

Translytical task flows (Preview)

We are thrilled to announce that Power BI report buttons can now run Fabric User data functions for custom, automated action, including data write-back. This marks a major evolution in Power BI reports to support all kinds of translytical task flows, such as updating records, dynamic notifications, adding annotations, or even creating powerful workflows that trigger actions in other systems. Read more to see how translytical task flows can help streamline decision-making and end-user actions through automation.» Read more

Fabric Copilot to help write DAX queries improvements

This update comes with a marked improvement when generating DAX queries and conversationally editing them. This includes overall correctness of the DAX queries and Copilot shows a deeper understanding of how to utilize DAX.» Read more

Power BI April 2025 Feature Summary

There are a lot of exciting features this month, including mobile optimized report layouts, the best way to view data in the general availability of Power BI mobile apps, editing your semantic models with TMDL (Preview), and improved layouts for live editing semantic models. These are just a few of the updates this month.» Read more

IntelliSense improvements to DAX query view

The latest update to DAX query view introduces a major improvement to IntelliSense, eliminating auto-preselection to enhance efficiency and accuracy.» Read more

Deep dive into Direct Lake on OneLake and creating Direct Lake semantic models in Power BI Desktop

Microsoft Fabric’s OneLake data can be visualized and analyzed in Power BI without moving any data using the new Direct Lake storage mode. . Power BI Desktop users can now create these just like any Power BI solution, right in Power BI Desktop.» Read more

New mapping and location analytics capabilities in Microsoft Power BI

The Microsoft Azure Maps visual in Microsoft Power BI enables all Power BI users to visualize and analyze their data on maps to uncover patterns and trends.» Read more

Uplift your storytelling by using annotations on your Power BI visualization in PowerPoint (Preview)

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March 31, 2025 by Maya Shenhav

Transform data storytelling with data point annotations added to Power BI visuals in PowerPoint. The new Annotations feature enables you to communicate insights with greater efficacy and enhance the engagement and informativeness of your presentation. By adding data point annotations to visuals in your slides, you can provide contextual explanations or highlights attached to the relevant data points, which improves communication and understanding of the data being presented.» Read more

Power BI March 2025 Feature Summary

This month, we’re thrilled to bring you a host of new features and improvements designed to enhance your data analysis and visualization experience. We’ve made significant strides in performance and usability, ensuring that Power BI continues to be a powerful tool for your data needs.» Read more

Power BI January 2025 Feature Summary

Welcome to the January 2025 update! Get ready to elevate your data analysis experience! We’re thrilled to announce a series of powerful new features designed to make exploring your data easier and more intuitive than ever. With the addition of the “Explore this data” option in the visual options menu, diving into your datasets is a breeze. Plus, our Treemap visual now boasts three innovative tiling methods for enhanced visualization.» Read more

Introducing org apps, now in preview – multiple apps per workspace, custom colors, and more!

We’re excited to tell you more about org apps, now in public preview. Fabric org apps are Power BI workspace apps rebuilt for Fabric as a new item type. With org apps as items, you can create multiple org apps per workspace. And you work with org apps the way you would any other item type – from creating a new org app, saving changes, managing access, to sharing the org app – all the things you find familiar and easy about managing other items, such as reports, will be familiar with org apps as items.

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