{"id":1891,"date":"2016-06-08T16:50:26","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T20:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/?p=1891"},"modified":"2016-10-04T11:05:49","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T15:05:49","slug":"microsoft-quietly-unveils-major-feature-update-to-power-bi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/microsoft-quietly-unveils-major-feature-update-to-power-bi\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Quietly Unveils Major Feature Update to Power BI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1892\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2016\/06\/oie_8221426Hweab3WM.jpg\" alt=\"Power BI\" width=\"800\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2016\/06\/oie_8221426Hweab3WM.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2016\/06\/oie_8221426Hweab3WM-450x197.jpg 450w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2016\/06\/oie_8221426Hweab3WM-768x336.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2016\/06\/oie_8221426Hweab3WM-600x262-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2016\/06\/oie_8221426Hweab3WM-180x79-1.jpg 180w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2016\/06\/oie_8221426Hweab3WM-398x174.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/powerbi.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/power-bi-desktop-may-update-feature-summary\/\" target=\"_blank\">quietly revealed<\/a> a major feature update to Power BI Desktop in a recent blog post. The update, which went live on May 31, adds some &#8220;hotly requested features&#8221; according to Filip Karadzic, Senior Program Manager with the technology giant. The long list of feature upgrades to Power BI is headlined by enhancements in the tool&#8217;s report view, analytics and data connectivity. Notable enhancements include:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Report View<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Cuztomizable tooltips<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Conditional formatting in tables<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Publish to Pyramid server<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Scrolling loads more data in charts<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Keyboard nudging for visuals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Analytics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Quick cals; percentage of grand total<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Data Connectivity<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">New data connectors (Informix, comScore Digital Analytics, Troux, Planview Enterprise)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Improved DB2 connector<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Text\/CSV connector exposes editable settings in preview dialog<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Improved relational database connectors with Display Schema information<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Data source settings enhancements<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Advanced filter rows dialog mode<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Inline input controls<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">New query parameters<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/powerbi.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/power-bi-desktop-may-update-feature-summary\/\" target=\"_blank\">More<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Gartner included\u00a0Microsoft&#8217;s Power BI in their 2016\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pages.alteryx.com\/Gartner-MQ-BI-and-A-CS.html?lsm=3rd%20Party%20-%20Content%20Syndication\" target=\"_blank\">Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Platforms<\/a> this year, naming them a leader in the report. Microsoft has far-and-away the most complete vision of any vendor in the enterprise market today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/powerbi.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/power-bi-desktop-may-update-feature-summary\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read Microsoft&#8217;s full list<\/a> of Power BI feature enhancements or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KnDs4amt9-c\" target=\"_blank\">watch their summary video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/insightjam.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Insight Jam Ad\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ij2.jpg\" alt=\"Insight Jam Ad\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft quietly revealed a major feature update to Power BI Desktop in a recent blog post. The update, which went live on May 31, adds some &#8220;hotly requested features&#8221; according to Filip Karadzic, Senior Program Manager with the technology giant. The long list of feature upgrades to Power BI is headlined by enhancements in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":1892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[64,63],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Microsoft Quietly Unveils Major Feature Update to Power BI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Microsoft recently released a major update to Power BI, adding a number of highly sought after feature enhancements.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/microsoft-quietly-unveils-major-feature-update-to-power-bi\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tim King\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/microsoft-quietly-unveils-major-feature-update-to-power-bi\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/microsoft-quietly-unveils-major-feature-update-to-power-bi\/\",\"name\":\"Microsoft Quietly Unveils Major Feature Update to Power BI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/microsoft-quietly-unveils-major-feature-update-to-power-bi\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/microsoft-quietly-unveils-major-feature-update-to-power-bi\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2016\/06\/oie_8221426Hweab3WM.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-08T20:50:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-10-04T15:05:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/#\/schema\/person\/154e152a275103e373e24ada7f2feb5c\"},\"description\":\"Microsoft recently released a major update to Power BI, adding a number of highly sought after feature enhancements.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/microsoft-quietly-unveils-major-feature-update-to-power-bi\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/microsoft-quietly-unveils-major-feature-update-to-power-bi\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/microsoft-quietly-unveils-major-feature-update-to-power-bi\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2016\/06\/oie_8221426Hweab3WM.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2016\/06\/oie_8221426Hweab3WM.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":350},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/microsoft-quietly-unveils-major-feature-update-to-power-bi\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Microsoft Quietly Unveils Major Feature Update to Power BI\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/\",\"name\":\"Best Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Tools, Software, Solutions &amp; 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