Blogs from Wise Owl on Updates in Power BI (page 1 of 4)

September 2021 Power BI Update

Posted by Andy Brown on 28 September 2021

The September 2021 update to Power BI introduces even more features for customising buttons, a Power Automate connector and line chart series labels, along with a few other small changes.

Changes to Power BI Desktop for August 2021

Posted by Andy Brown on 31 August 2021

This month sees individually customisable shapes and further refinements to the X axis constant line, among other improvements to Power BI Desktop.

Power BI July 2021 Update

Posted by Andy Brown on 26 July 2021

This month's update sees the launch of small multiples, a range of new dynamic format properties and the roll-out of sensitivity labels.

Power BI Desktop update - June 2021

Posted by Andy Brown on 29 June 2021

This update only includes a couple of tweaks for charts, although more excitingly the paginated reports visual is now in preview.

Power BI Desktop update for May 2021

Posted by Andy Brown on 19 May 2021

May's update to Power BI Desktop is a big one, encompassing new ways of viewing models, tables and fields, a new text box, smart narratives (to explain data) and a new anomaly detection feature (to explain exceptions).

Details of the Power BI Desktop Update for April 2021

Posted by Andy Brown on 28 April 2021

The April 2021 update to Power BI Desktop makes it easier to load text, CSV, JSON and Excel files and includes a wider range of shapes, with more drawing effects

Power BI Desktop - March 2021 Update

Posted by Andy Brown on 24 March 2021

There are two tiny changes in the March 2021 update - X-axis constant lines and a couple of tweaks to DAX - but still the big logjam of changes remains in preview.

Changes to Power BI in the February 2021 update

Posted by Andy Brown on 26 February 2021

After no update in January, February sees just a couple of small changes to Power BI, but there's a big logjam building up in preview.

With no big updates for December 2020, this blog looks at a preview feature

Posted by Andy Brown on 22 December 2020

There aren't any interesting or noteworthy new additions to Power BI this month, so this blog instead looks at an exciting new feature which has just appeared in preview: small multiples.

The November 2020 update includes zoom sliders and a better apply filter button

Posted by Andy Brown on 27 November 2020

This month's update allows you to zoom in on a particular part of a chart using sliders, and also lets you save up filters to apply them all in one go.

Thie month's Power BI update includes a new logo, on-screen help and much more!

Posted by Andy Brown on 22 October 2020

There are a few good changes to Power BI Desktop this month, including a better icon and splash screen, on-canvas help (albeit pitched at too low a level) and the ability to let users tweak visuals you've published.

There are only two small changes in the September 2020 Power BI Desktop update

Posted by Andy Brown on 26 September 2020

You can now add total labels to a stacked or combination chart, and there are improvements to mobile layout, but in truth there's not much to get excited about for the September 2020 Power BI update.

There are no significant changes to Power BI in the August 2020 update

Posted by Andy Brown on 22 August 2020

Notwithstanding an update blog from Microsoft, there are no interesting new Power BI Desktop features to report this month (in our humble opinon).

Changes in the July 2020 update to Power BI Desktop

Posted by Andy Brown on 23 July 2020

This month's modest update allows you to use Excel financial functions in DAX, show a gradient legend and change your slicer header, among other minor changes.

Changes for the June 2020 update of Power BI Desktop

Posted by Andy Brown on 28 June 2020

This month's update doesn't include many changes - the biggest being probably the emergence of the hierarchical slicer from preview.

What's new in the May 2020 Power BI update

Posted by Andy Brown on 24 May 2020

The May 2020 update is a good one! The decomposition tree is a seriously good new visual, drop shadows are a nice idea well-implemented, and there are lots of improvements to the way buttons look and work.

Our take on the April update to Power BI (announced on May 6th!)

Posted by Andy Brown on 09 May 2020

It was announced 6 days after the end of the month, but the April 2020 update to Power BI was worth waiting for - if only for the fact that you can now select visuals by clicking and dragging with the mouse. See our take on the new features in this update in the latest in our series of monthly update blogs.

The March 2020 update to Power BI desktop is a full one, as this blog shows!

Posted by Andy Brown on 14 March 2020

New goodies in this month's update include the roll-out (sort of) of the new ribbon, new actions for buttons, multi-column sorting and a second axis for line charts.

The February 2020 update only contains one big change - incremental refresh

Posted by Andy Brown on 29 February 2020

The February 2020 Power BI update only really introduces one new feature - the ability to partition your data so that Power BI only needs to refresh the most recent changes.

A placeholder for the January 2020 Power BI Update

Posted by Andy Brown on 16 January 2020

The January 2020 Power BI update isn't out yet, but we will blog about it here as soon as it is announced.