BIFocal - Clarifying Business Intelligence

This is episode 251 recorded March 24th, 2023 where John & Jason talk about and the recap the news from the past few weeks in the Power BI space including the retirement of Streaming Dataflows, Query parallelism, Scanner API updates, and much more.

This is episode 250 recorded March 14th, 2023 where John & Jason talk about the March 2023 Power BI updates which include the Apply all slicers button, Clear all slicers button, and Optimization presets update, Storytelling in PowerPoint and Power BI org app multiple audiences have gone GA, and the new on-object interaction.

This is episode 249 recorded February 17th, 2023 where Jason talks to Patrick LeBlanc, Principal Program Manager on the Power BI CAT Team at Microsoft & a Guy in a Cube, about the February 2023 Power BI updates which include the Enhanced row-level security editor, Conditional Formatting based on string fields, new DAX functions, and Paginated Reports updates.

This is episode 248 recorded on January 24th, 2023 where John & Jason review the Microsoft Power BI 2023 release wave 1 plan that covers the roadmap from April to September of 2023. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 247 recorded January 20th, 2023 where John & Jason interview Scott Sewell, Principal Program Manager on the CAT Team at Microsoft, about Dataverse, Dynamics 365, and Power BI. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 246 recorded January 9th, 2023 where John & Jason review their wins & losses with their 2022 predictions and prognosticate about what they see happening in 2023. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 245 recorded on January 6th, 2023 where John & Jason do a year in review for all things Power BI in 2022. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 244 recorded December 21st, 2022 where John & Jason talk about the news from November & December in the Power BI space including new cache refresh settings available in Power BI Premium, subscribe to a report with filters applied, Dataset refresh cancellation is now available in Power BI Premium, and more. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 243 recorded December 14th, 2022 where John & Jason talk about the December 2022 Power BI updates which include Slicer type formatting moved to Format Pane, Making it easier to do comparison calculations, and Upcoming changes to the ‘Get Data’ experience in the Power BI Service. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 242 recorded November 23th, 2022 where John & Jason talk about the November 2022 Power BI updates which include New Power BI Color Accent, Create dynamic slicers using field parameters, New way to upload Power BI and Excel files, and Formatted Tables Authoring Experience updates. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 241 recorded November 11th, 2022 where John & Jason talk about the big news from Microsoft about Paginated Reports now being available to Power BI Pro users, Save a copy of a report & Collapse navigation pane in Organizational App, and Improvements to chart sharing and copy as image are coming soon. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 240 recorded November 2nd, 2022 where Jason talks to Mohammad Ali, Principal Group Program Manager for the Creator Experiences in Power BI at Microsoft, about what his team announced at Microsoft Ignite, and his viewpoint on the near term and long-term vision for the future of Power BI. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 239 recorded October 27th, 2022 where John & Jason cover the Power BI related news from the past few weeks including AAD-based filtration for Power BI Datamarts, the Power Query SDK for Visual Studio Code, and Cross-tenant Power BI Dataset Sharing. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 238 recorded October 20th, 2022 where John & Jason go over the October 2022 Power BI updates which include the new experimental Quick Measure Suggestions, Improved PBIX downloading options, and DAX formula editing in the Desktop Model view. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 237 recorded October 6th, 2022 where John & Jason go over the announcements made at Microsoft Ignite 2022 including Explore and interact with Power BI reports directly from OneDrive and SharePoint, Contextual on-object interaction with Power BI visuals, Data model editing in the Power BI Service, more! For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 236 recorded October 6th, 2022 where John & Jason go over the September 2022 Power BI updates which include Conditional formatting for data labels, Cross-Tenant Dataset Sharing, Hierarchical axis by default, and Paginated reports data preview. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 235 recorded September 13th, 2022 where John & Jason talk to Ed Senez, CEO of tyGraph, about the big announcement in his & John's world and about what tyGraph is up to today and moving forward. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 234 recorded August 26th, 2022 where John & Jason talk to Alex Powers, Senior Program Manager on the Power BI CAT Team at Microsoft, about his journey into Power BI, his Power Query everything world view, automating the world, and the awesome Power BI Community. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 233 recorded August 12th, 2022 where John & Jason go over the August 2022 Power BI updates which include conditional formatting for data labels, mobile formatting now supports text box visuals, DAX Editor improvements, and more. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 232 recorded July 18th, 2022 where John & Jason talk about the Microsoft Power Platform: 2022 release wave 2 plan and go over the items specific to Power BI including Query Scale-out, Dataset authoring in the Power BI Service, and Power Query Diagram view in Power BI Desktop. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 231 recorded July 17th, 2022 where John & Jason go over the July 2022 Power BI updates which include Release Notes & Ideas Updates, Error Bars goes GA, Filled Map for Azure Maps visual, a new DAX function called NETWORKDAYS, and connect to Datamarts in preview. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 230 recorded June 28th, 2022 where John & Jason talk to Priya Sathy, Group Program Manager in the Microsoft Intelligence Data Platform & the head of Product Management for Data Warehouse in Power BI, about the new datamarts feature in Power BI that is now in public preview. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 229 recorded June 17th, 2022 where John & Jason go over the June 2022 Power BI updates which include Connect to Datamarts in preview, Power BI Data Story Telling updates, and announcing the Data Hub in Power BI. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 228 recorded June 7th, 2022 where John & Jason review the Power BI news from the past several weeks including Analyze in Excel Workbooks are now saved to OneDrive, the new Known Issues page for Power BI, refresh with the Power BI REST API, and the new Formatted Tables feature in powerbi.com. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 227 recorded May 27th, 2022 where John & Jason talk to Treb Gatte, CEO of Marquee Insights & Data Platform MVP, about the change from Power BI Goals to Power BI metrics and much more. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show