NEW Visualization Formatting & Data Label Updates! (with Miguel Myers)

Video by: Reid Havens

Join Miguel Myers and I as we showcase all the new formatting, spacing, sorting, and design options coming to a handful of native visuals for the December 2023 release of Power BI Desktop. Plus explore the new advanced data labeling options that will let you display up to three distinct rows of values on visuals. Tune in to learn more!

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Miguel Myers is a principal program manager at Microsoft that is passionate about data visualizations, graphic design, and marketing. He is now leading the new generation of visuals and Power BI as product manager.

(Livestream Replay) Visual Calculations – Making [DAX] Easier - with Jeroen ter Heerdt

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This is it. The day that the way that DAX became easier. After this, how you write DAX changes forever. Learn all about it in this session! The Power BI team has been working on exciting things related to DAX calculations, specifically targeted at making it easier to add typical business-type calculations (such as running totals or vs-first). Would you believe it if we told you that you don’t even have to type DAX anymore and still be able to get complex calculations done quickly? In this session, we will talk about this exciting new feature! Join this session to learn more about this new feature which will make writing DAX statements so much easier and faster. Get ready to get your mind blown! See the future, today.

GUEST BIO 👤

Jeroen ter Heerdt is a Product Manager with Microsoft. He works on Power BI and is passionate about "all things data"; whether it is about databases, data warehousing, BI, big data, data visualizations, self-service BI, advanced analytics, real-time BI or anything even remotely related to data or insight. He strives to apply these concepts in his life as much as possible. Jeroen combines enthusiasm, vision, and hands-on experience into his talks.

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(Livestream Replay) VisOps with PBI Inspector - with Nat Van Gulck

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Testing the visual layer of Power BI reports has usually been a manual task. Thanks to the new Power BI Project file format however there is an opportunity to automatically check for visuals' issues around accessibility, consistency and performance and thereby align with your organizations Power BI Center of Excellence guidelines. In this session we will see how PBI Inspector, an open-source community tool, supports this process.

GUEST BIO (Nat Van Gulck) 👤

I started my career over twenty years ago as a .NET Software Developer while also developing an interest for Data Visualization. This led me to work on Qlik and Tableau data projects. Then Power BI became so compelling that I had to join Microsoft. As a Cloud Solutions Architect I help customers be successful with Power BI; PBI Inspector is part of this endeavor. The adventure continues with Microsoft Fabric.

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Three Techniques for Curating the User Experience in Power BI!

Video by: Reid Havens

Learn about three primary techniques for simplifying and curating the user experience for reports in Power BI. There's a mixture of art and science that goes into smart report design, especially designs that minimize pop-ups, distractions, and user interactions. Tune in to learn more!

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