In one of the previous articles I wrote about how to use the slicers to filter out PowerPivot reports, and since recent update Power BI Desktop has the functionality to automatically configure these settings. Adding a new parameter creates an auxiliary table for filtering the visuals contained in the report. At the same time, a special slider with which we are filtering appears in the report.
In the Home ribbon there are options for adding measures (New Measure) and calculated columns (New Column), and recent novelty is functionality that is used to add „quick measures“ (New Quick Measure). It allows beginners that do not have the experience of writing a DAX expressions to create measures by simply dragging names of the reporting dimensions into the predicted fields, after which application automatically generates formulas.
Since March 2018, PowerBI Desktop has several new options for viewing and editing reports. First, there is an option to highlight one visual in relation to others, which is in its context menu. And then, there are a few more options that allow you to capture your favorite report views, view and manage objects in a report, lock objects, show field properties, and a set way to synchronize slicers…
Power BI users have long been able to, by entering a question in a specially specified field, create a report that, by combining the reporting dimensions and measures, answers the question asked. Recently this option has been enabled in the Power BI Desktop application. Home ribbon now, besides the usual „New Visual“ option, also contains „Ask a question“. Let’s see how it’s used!
PowerBI Desktop is an ever-evolving application. Although rarely, it may happen that it freezes, so you need to “kill” it by entering Task Manager, by pressing the CTRL + ALT + DEL key combination and exiting the active process. The novelty is that while working in the background, a document is being saved, so if a crash occurs, Power BI Desktop will offer you the option to restore the last version.