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Published onDecember 17, 2015
published onDecember 17, 2015
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Fans of Microsoft’s cloud-based business analytics service, Power BI, will find a happy little update in their stockings this Christmas. Microsoft recently released a rather significant update to Power BI that includes changes and improvements to Report Authoring features.Specifically, thePower BI team claims improvements to Report Authoring capabilitiesin Power BI Desktop. The new changes to Report Authoring are also supported in the Power BI service for consumption whatever light editing might be done. Much of the improvements involve formatting options being added, along with a few new visualizations intended to improve usability.
We have added more options to allow full flexibility in formatting charts where multiple measures are displayed. With this update, it is possible to format each measure within the chart differently.In order to achieve this, users can enable the “Show All” option within the Data Labels section of the Formatting pane for any given visual where two or more measures as used in the Values section. This allows users to specify formatting settings for each of the measures.
Users can now customize the number of decimal places showed in visuals (i.e. Data Labels). This option is available in the Formatting pane, under the Data Labels section.
It is now possible to change the font size for text displayed in visualizations. This Text Size option is available in the Formatting pane.
In this update, we’re introducing a number of new features in Power BI Desktop to allow users to lay out visuals accurately. These new features are:
Other improvements includeFormat options being copied over from Format painter, and visualization enhancements such as the inclusion of a visual indicator on the table column headers, stacked area charts,hover-over tooltips for area and line charts, andreference line creations. With this being such a massive update to Power BI, the list of improvements goes on at length covering other items such as a new Preview Feature, improved data tables, an optimized Home ribbon layout, new data modeling, more options to control data connectivity and more.The update is available now for current customers, andMicrosoft is also encouraging users to sign upfor Microsoft’s Data Insights Summit onMarch 22-23, to meet face to face with other Power BI users as well as one-on-one meetings with its engineering teams.
Kareem Anderson
Networking & Security Specialist
Kareem is a journalist from the bay area, now living in Florida. His passion for technology and content creation drives are unmatched, driving him to create well-researched articles and incredible YouTube videos.
He is always on the lookout for everything new about Microsoft, focusing on making easy-to-understand content and breaking down complex topics related to networking, Azure, cloud computing, and security.
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Kareem Anderson
Networking & Security Specialist
He is a journalist from the bay area, now living in Florida. He breaks down complex topics related to networking, Azure, cloud computing, and security
