In the last few months we have added a lot of R capability to Power BI, with advanced analytics visualizations with R, data cleansing with R, and ways to get data with R. Customers and partners have told us about some amazing use cases that leverage these capabilities and add unique value. In order to demonstrate these use cases, we have created the Power BI Community R Showcase.
» Read moreLast month we put out the call for submissions to the new Data Stories Gallery, and you responded with enthusiasm! We were impressed with the analysis, design, and hard work behind each and every entry, and after much discussion we narrowed down the entries to one grand winner and six runners-up.
» Read moreWhether you’re an independent consultant or part of a larger firm, there’s one skill that’s critical for every consultant: communication skills. Tools like Power BI’s shared dashboards makes it easier than ever to share and sync real-time information on data analysis, status updates, and more, in a way that encourages finding insights while protecting your hard work.
» Read moreOne year ago, on July 24, 2015, we released the new Power BI service and Power BI Desktop as an innovative cloud-based business intelligence solution. Happy Birthday to Power BI!
» Read moreIf you’ve missed hearing about it by now — although we’re not sure how you would – the new mobile game Pokémon Go was released this week, and it became an instant success. Now the latest craze has even been spotted in Power BI publish to web!
» Read morePartnering with Stetson University, I am happy to share the first of many Power BI Higher Education Analytics solutions. This solution shows student persistence, retention, and graduation patterns, leveraging a Student Information System (SIS) as the data source. Year-over-over retention and graduation rates can be filtered to allow deeper examination of trends at the college and major level. Additional views, including retention and graduation rate tables by major and ethnicity, are included within the report solution.
» Read moreAs part of our Power BI Best Report contest from earlier this year, SQL Developer and BI professional Leonard Murphy unpacked the naming histories of the United Kingdom vs. the United States in his excellent What’s in a Name? Power BI dashboard. Here are 26 quick highlights.
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