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The June 2019 update for Power BI Desktop has landed and it’s a big one!

My highlights are the new and improved formatting options for reports and the new “certified” dataset approach which allows you to establish the single sources of truth within your data.

Here is the whole list of updates:

Reporting

  • Updated pane design
  • Visual level filters for slicers
  • Sorting for the performance analyzer pane
  • Conditional formatting updates for formatting options
    • Visual background and title colors
    • Card colors
    • Gauge fill
  • Visual header tooltips
  • Table & matrix total label customization
  • Sync slicer support for hierarchy slicer
  • Consistent font sizes across visuals

Analytics

  • Key Influencers visual updates (preview)
    • Key Influencers with Live Connect to Power BI datasets
    • Key Influencers accessibility
    • Support for Cloud RLS
  • Manage aggregations dialog accessibility

Modeling

  • New DAX comparison operator: ==

Visualization

  • Personalized visualization pane (preview)
  • SCADAvis.io Synoptic Visual
  • PAFnow Process Mining
  • DualCard

Data connectivity

  • Connect to shared and certified datasets
  • Common Data Service connector is now generally available
  • Azure Data Explorer connector is now generally available
  • Enhancements to the Cosmos DB connector
  • Entersoft

Data preparation

  • Improvements to M Intellisense

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