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This month's update allows users to add customisable buttons to a report, incorporates a numeric slicer and includes a few other smaller changes.
- New features in the April 2018 update of Power BI Desktop (this blog)
- Action buttons
- Numeric slicers
- Changing the line and marker style for combination charts
- Choose your organisational custom visuals
- Features still in preview as of April 2018
For a cumulative list of all of the updates to Power BI Desktop since November 2016 see this blog, or have a look at the Power BI courses that we run.
Posted by Andy Brown on 07 April 2018
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New features in the April 2018 update of Power BI Desktop
This month's quote from the Microsoft update page:
Following the roll-out of bookmarks last month, you can now assign actions to buttons, rather than having to assign actions to custom shapes and images. There are also a few other smaller changes.
Update | Notes |
---|---|
Buttons | You can assign actions (such as bookmarks) to buttons, which can contain a customisable icon and/or descriptive text. |
Numeric slicers | If you're using a slicer for a numeric amount, this will automatically appear as a slider, with a lower and upper threshold. |
Combination charts | You can change the line and marker style for the line chart component of a combination chart. |
Organisation visuals | You can group custom visuals recommended for use within your company into their own tab. |
I've also included the now traditional look at those features which are still stuck in preview.
The way in which you download Power BI Desktop seems to have changed a bit, and there are improvements to the default sort order used for visuals, but both of these changes will become apparent when you use the relevant bits of the software.
- New features in the April 2018 update of Power BI Desktop (this blog)
- Action buttons
- Numeric slicers
- Changing the line and marker style for combination charts
- Choose your organisational custom visuals
- Features still in preview as of April 2018