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You can now search for formatting properties, have slicers which work across pages and create quick measures, among other new features.
- Power BI Desktop - February 2018 update new features (this blog)
- Search for a formatting property
- Quick Measures
- Synchronising slicers across report pages
- Multi-select data points in a chart
- Overflow data labels
- Marking date tables as such
- Extra DAX functions
- Features still in preview as of February 2018
For a cumulative list of all of the updates to Power BI Desktop in the last few year or two, see this blog. Our two-day Power BI Desktop course always uses the latest version of the software.
Posted by Andy Brown on 15 February 2018
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Power BI Desktop - February 2018 update new features
I think on this occasion I will quote the Microsoft Power BI Desktop update page:
Hopefully whoever wrote that has been put on gardening leave! However, there are lots of goodies this month:
| Feature | Notes |
|---|---|
| Search for formatting feature | You can now search formatting properties to find the one you want. |
| Quick measures | This preview feature has finally gone live, allowing you to add a wide range of automatic calculations to a report. |
| Sync slicers | You can synchronise slicer choices across all of the pages in a report. |
| Multi-select in charts | You can select different data points in different charts, with all of your choices now combining to filter visuals on the same page. |
| Overflow data labels | If your data labels don't fit inside a bar or column, they can now overflow. |
| Marking date tables | You can now mark a date table as being a date table (this feature has been available in PowerPivot for some time). |
| New DAX functions | You can now show today's date and time in coordinated universal time (UTC). |
As for last month, I've also included a summary of the features currently stuck in preview limbo, so you can see what's coming down the line.
- Power BI Desktop - February 2018 update new features (this blog)
- Search for a formatting property
- Quick Measures
- Synchronising slicers across report pages
- Multi-select data points in a chart
- Overflow data labels
- Marking date tables as such
- Extra DAX functions
- Features still in preview as of February 2018