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Power BI Desktop Updates
Power BI Desktop October's 2018 Feature Summary
Jesse Lawrence
With a wide range of updates to the Power BI desktop app this month, we are excited to provide an overview of what is new. Users of Power BI will be excited about the service for both our composite model and aggregation previews. This allows users to start using the preview features in standard reports. Have a look at some of the new updates, both big and small in the video from Microsoft.
October updates 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
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If you would like to see all of the details for these updates, please see the Power BI Blog
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