{"id":355,"date":"2020-08-21T16:44:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T21:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ninmonkeys.com\/blog\/?p=355"},"modified":"2021-10-01T13:00:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T18:00:14","slug":"power-bi-updates-2020-08-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ninmonkeys.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/21\/power-bi-updates-2020-08-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Power BI Updates &#8211; 2020-08-17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guy In a Cube: July roundup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/roHDRafGIXQ\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He covers and links these topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Extracting data from PDF files<\/li><li>Calculation Groups<\/li><li>Sync Slicers: <a href=\"https:\/\/hatfullofdata.blog\/power-bi-introducing-sync-slicers\/\">hatfullofdata.blog\/power-bi-introducing-sync-slicers<\/a><\/li><li>Patrick uses <strong>slicers <\/strong>to control what&#8217;s in a <strong>report page tooltip<\/strong><\/li><li>Slicers that span pages<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-hat-full-of-data\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/hatfullofdata.blog\/power-bi-introducing-sync-slicers\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PBI Patch Notes Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/powerbi.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/power-bi-desktop-july-2020-feature-summary\/\">Power BI Desktop July 2020 feature summary<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/powerbi.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/power-bi-desktop-july-2020-feature-summary\/#_Launch_external_tools\">External tools<\/a><\/li><li>Gradient Legend<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/powerbi.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/power-bi-desktop-july-2020-feature-summary\/#_Visualizations\">Azure Maps Visual  (Preview)<\/a><\/li><li><strong>49 new <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/powerbi.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/power-bi-desktop-july-2020-feature-summary\/#_Modeling\">Excel Financial functions in DAX<\/a><ul><li>New DAX Docs: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/dax\/financial-functions-dax\">Financial Functions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/dax\/new-dax-functions\">What&#8217;s New: Supported DAX function list<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>option to globally <strong>disable automatic type detection<\/strong> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">External tools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/powerbi.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/announcing-public-preview-of-external-tools-in-power-bi-desktop\/\">PBI External Tools Announcement<\/a><\/li><li><a 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