Microsoft Power BI
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- 2026-08-17 product_launch Microsoft Power BI introduced the TMDL View, allowing web-based access to semantic model objects. source
- 2026-08-12 product_launch Microsoft announced Agent Skills for Power BI at Build 2026. source
- 2026-07-14 product_launch Microsoft Power BI has officially released its Shape Map visual, a feature for custom geographic data visualization. source
- 2026-07-02 product_launch Microsoft has made visual calculations and custom totals generally available in Power BI. source
- 2026-06-02 product_launch Microsoft has released a preview of calculated columns for Direct Lake semantic models in Power BI. source
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AI data agents need guardrails to prevent metric invention
Conversational analytics tools, like OpenAI's new Data agent for ChatGPT Work, can provide quick answers to business questions but risk inventing metrics due to definition or scope drift. To address this, an "AI data ag…
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AI and Software Development: Sorting, Multi-Agent Conversations, and Data Analysis
This cluster of posts discusses various applications of AI and software development concepts. One post explores the pervasive nature of sorting algorithms in software, from simple number sorting to complex database reco…
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Indra Renewable Technologies unifies EV charging data on Databricks platform
Indra Renewable Technologies, a UK-based EV charging company, has consolidated its fragmented data infrastructure onto the Databricks platform. This move aimed to reduce costs and complexity associated with maintaining …
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Open-source alternatives to Microsoft Power BI compared
A comparison of free and open-source alternatives to Microsoft Power BI has been published, detailing their features, licensing, and GitHub statistics. The analysis aims to help users identify self-hostable options that…
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Microsoft Power BI begins ADBC driver migration with little fanfare
Microsoft Power BI is undergoing a migration of its ADBC driver, a change that has received little public attention. This transition is not a new feature but rather a fundamental shift in the underlying driver technology.
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Meta launches AI minigame app; AI editing of op-eds debated · 4 sources tracked
Meta has launched Pocket, an app for creating generative AI minigames, in the US. This platform allows users to build and share various "gizmos." Separately, a discussion is emerging about whether using AI to edit an op…
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Power BI brings modeling to the browser with new TMDL View
Microsoft Power BI has introduced a new TMDL View, currently in preview, which allows users to access and script semantic model objects directly within a web browser. This update eliminates the need for the desktop appl…
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Microsoft Power BI adds Agent Skills for natural language data interaction
Microsoft has introduced Agent Skills for Power BI, a new feature announced at Build 2026. This capability allows users to describe reports in natural language or provide screenshots, enabling the agent to understand an…
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Roadmap to Mastering Microsoft Power BI and Fabric by 2026
This article outlines a six-month roadmap for learning Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Fabric from scratch, intended for individuals aiming to master these tools by 2026. It details a month-by-month plan, highlighting …
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AI Automates Data Analysis Tasks, Elevating Analysts' Strategic Role
Artificial intelligence is transforming the role of data analysts by automating routine tasks such as writing SQL queries and building dashboards. This shift is not eliminating the need for analysts but rather elevating…
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DAX Studio optimizes Power BI report load times
This two-part series details how DAX Studio was used to optimize the performance of Microsoft Power BI reports. The articles explain the process of debugging inefficient DAX code and implementing fixes to significantly …
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Power BI Row-Level Security Guide Details Static vs Dynamic RLS
This guide explains Row-Level Security (RLS) in Microsoft Power BI, a feature that restricts user access to specific rows within a data model. It clarifies that RLS is for row filtering for read-only consumers and is di…
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Microsoft Fabric FinOps: Managing Cloud Costs and Compute Units
This article discusses the implementation of Financial Operations (FinOps) within Microsoft Fabric to manage and optimize cloud costs. It highlights how unmanaged capacity and bursting can lead to unexpected expenses, e…
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Power BI reports now save as JSON folders, enabling version control
Microsoft Power BI has begun saving reports as folders of JSON files, enabling true version control and code-like review processes. This shift, while beneficial for tracking changes and meeting audit requirements, prese…
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Claude automates Power BI demo creation with dataset and model generation
This article details how Claude can be used to automate the creation of enterprise Power BI demonstrations. It explains how Claude can generate datasets, build semantic models, and assist with DAX queries. The goal is t…
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NorthStar Anesthesia builds custom clinician scheduling app on Databricks in weeks
NorthStar Anesthesia, a healthcare provider managing a workforce of 3,000 clinicians across 25 states, developed a custom scheduling application in just a few weeks using Databricks Apps. This new application addresses …
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Microsoft Fabric integrates data tools with OneLake at its core
Microsoft Fabric is a comprehensive SaaS analytics platform designed to unify data integration, engineering, warehousing, data science, real-time analytics, and Power BI. Its core component, OneLake, acts as a central, …
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Microsoft's Direct Lake on OneLake reaches general availability
Microsoft has announced the general availability of Direct Lake on OneLake, a feature designed to offer the speed of Import mode with the data freshness of DirectQuery. While promising, the feature is not universally ap…
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Power BI analyst slashes report load times by optimizing data model
A Power BI analyst significantly reduced report load times from 14 seconds to under 2 seconds by optimizing the data model, rather than relying on hardware upgrades. The key to this improvement was restructuring the dat…
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Python library SemPy enables programmatic access to Power BI models
A new Python library called SemPy, pre-installed in Microsoft Fabric notebooks, allows users to interact with Power BI models as if they were data. This tool enables programmatic listing and evaluation of measures withi…