Power BI : Features Deep Dive

Power BI : Features Deep Dive

SEPTEMBER 2015

Presented By:Anil ShahAshish JagdaleKailas Kore

Agenda• Quick Recap on Power BI Previous Webinar

• Importing Excel Power BI Artifacts in Power BI Desktop Tool

• New Capabilities in Query Editor

• Additional Power BI New Features (September Updates)

• Schedule Refresh using Power BI Personal Gateway

• Q & A

Quick RecapWhat’s New in Power BI – JUNE 2015

• Power BI Desktop Tool and Power BI Online• Power BI for Office 365• Architecture Diagram & Features

Video Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROQ_MFgjTUA

Power BI Deep Dive & Real-Time Analytics – AUGUST 2015• Power BI Capabilities (DAX, Visualization, Groups & Content Packs)• Real-Time Dashboards using Power BI REST API

Video Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkIM2aVqRa8

Importing Excel Power BI Artifacts• Import Excel Power BI artifacts to Power BI Desktop containing• Power Query• Power Pivot• Power View

• Once imported, you can continue working on the report such as creating new visualizations, adding data, or creating new report pages in Power BI Desktop

New Capabilities in Query Editor

• Extract Query Steps• Extract steps from a query into a base query• Useful when you want to have multiple queries that have a common base set

of steps

• Query Group Management• Create new group • Ungroup• Delete group

Additional Power BI New Features (September Updates)

• Power BI Desktop• New options like shapes, images, search field in pane, expand/collapse all• Report visualization features like color saturation, data label formatting• Filters – Visualization level, Page level and Report level

• Power BI Online• Pin visualization to selected dashboard• Control whether the visual retains current destination theme• Customize dashboards with additional tile sizes• Support for different sizes report

Schedule Refresh using Power BI Personal Gateway

Power BI OnlineFlat Files

D/B

SSAS

Folders

Local Machine having Power BIPersonal Gateway Installed

On-PremiseData Sources

Data Refresh

Power BI Desktop Tool

Contd..On-premise data sources that can be scheduled for refresh

• Access Database• File (CSV, XML, Text, Excel, Folder)• IBM DB2 Database• MySQL Database• Oracle Database• PostgreSQL Database• SharePoint List• SQL Server Database• SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular and Multidimensional models • Sybase Database• Teradata Database

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