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Autumn 2026 - a summary of recent changes to Power BI Desktop Part one of a six-part series of blogs |
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This blog shows the main changes which have been made to Power BI in the July, August, September and October updates, insofar as they affect report creators.
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This blog summarises the changes introduced in the last 4 Power BI updates, insofar as they affect the life of a report creator:
Month | Changes include |
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DAX measure descriptions, subtitle spacing improvements | |
A theme pane, better date slicing, donut chart centre values, matrix header enhancements, chart outer padding, slicer dropdown formatting | |
Slicer slider formatting, chart axis initial position changes, Power Query diagram view | |
Gantt chart visual, the new list slicer, plot area back colour (supposedly) |
The rest of this blog divides these changes up into the following 5 areas:
Area | Contents |
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Changes in how you format visuals and reports | |
Improvements to how you can configure slicers, plus the new list slicer | |
The new Gantt chart, and enhancements to existing charts | |
Multiple improvements to matrix row and column headers | |
A new Power Query diagram view, new DAX measure descriptions and adding dynamic values to text boxes |
I hope you learn something new from reading through all the changes!
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