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Announcing Power BI “Back to School” Contest!

Last month, Power BI partnered with Hacking STEM and NASA to create an interactive, educational data story to teach students about radiation. Educators loved the idea of bringing Power BI data stories to the classroom, and they are looking for more! So, this month we are launching a “Back to School” Contest to engage and empower students with Power BI! The contest will run from August 1st to September 6th, and the winners will be featured in the Power BI Blog! Channel your love for education and get started today!

Announcing the New Filter Experience for Power BI Reports

This month we are incredibly excited to announce that the new filter experience is now generally available. We have updated the look and feel and added a ton of new functionality. The new capabilities include a new filter view to see what filters are applied to a visual, the ability to format or theme the filter experience, hide or lock filter cards, sort the filter cards, rename filter cards, and control the visibility and state of the filter pane in bookmarks.

How to do multivariate reporting with Power BI

What is Multivariate Reporting and when is it helpful? Multivariate Reporting (also known as Small Multiples) uses a series of visuals with the same measure and same scales but showcases various partitions of the data. The benefit is that you can allow your report consumers to easily compare the same measure across dimensions and all … Continue reading “How to do multivariate reporting with Power BI”

Happy New Year from Power BI Desktop!

Happy New Year ! With over 150 features released, 2018 has been a prolific year for Power BI Desktop! To cap off this successful year, our team put together a fun video, showcasing our pick for the 5 favorite releases of 2018: Report page tooltips [March] Web by example [May] Composite models [July] + aggregations [September] … Continue reading “Happy New Year from Power BI Desktop!”