From updates to new features such as an icon set picker, to the highly anticipated grouping in reports, there are a lot of exciting updates in this month's Power BI Desktop update. Following on from July's release, following on from the Microsoft Business Application Summit, August is a continuation of the excitement of those releases.
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
PowerApps visual is now certified
xViz visualization suite by Visual BI
Multiple Axis chart
Marimekko chart
Variance chart
Horizon chart
Data connectivity
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 connector (beta)
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
See the Power BI Blog
If you would like to see the details for these July updates, please see the Power BI Blog:
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