Discover the power of DAX User Defined Functions (UDFs) in Power BI! Now in public preview, DAX UDFs let you define reusable logic with parameters—making your models cleaner, more maintainable, and easier to debug. Whether you’re building simple measures or advanced calculations like currency conversion, UDFs unlock a new level of flexibility. Learn how to get started and explore real-world examples in this post.
» Read moreTime-based analysis just got a major upgrade. Power BI now supports calendar-based time intelligence, giving you the flexibility to work with any calendar structure—fiscal, retail, lunar, or custom. Say goodbye to limitations like continuous date table requirements and lack of week-based calculations. With this new feature, you can define multiple calendars, map time attributes, and unlock powerful new DAX functions like TOTALWTD. Enable the preview today and explore a smarter way to analyze time in Power BI.
» Read moreThe Power BI August 2025 Feature Summary introduces major updates in Copilot and AI, reporting, and modeling. Highlights include Copilot integration for SharePoint Online, measure description automation, and advanced data modeling features.
» Read moreThis month’s update marks a notable evolution for Power BI. With richer connections to Microsoft 365, smarter Copilot features, and the integration of reporting through PBIRS and SQL Server 2025, users are set to benefit from more seamless workflows and intelligent insights. Whether you’re eager for enhanced collaboration or advanced AI, this month’s innovations are designed to open new possibilities for every Power BI enthusiast.
» Read moreThis month, we’re excited to share a major milestone for Power BI modelling tools – Power BI Desktop is now compatible with any semantic model in Fabric. With this update, you’re no longer required to rely on external tools to edit a semantic model running in Fabric. At the same time, it enhances interoperability between external tools and Power BI Desktop, enabling them to do even more.
» Read moreThis month’s update highlights several exciting preview features and an important action-required item for Power BI users. In preview, you’ll find updates to visual calculations, enhancements to numeric range and field parameters, both designed to offer greater flexibility and analytical power within your reports.
» Read moreWe are thrilled to announce that Power BI report buttons can now run Fabric User data functions for custom, automated action, including data write-back. This marks a major evolution in Power BI reports to support all kinds of translytical task flows, such as updating records, dynamic notifications, adding annotations, or even creating powerful workflows that trigger actions in other systems. Read more to see how translytical task flows can help streamline decision-making and end-user actions through automation.
» Read moreThis update comes with a marked improvement when generating DAX queries and conversationally editing them. This includes overall correctness of the DAX queries and Copilot shows a deeper understanding of how to utilize DAX.
» Read moreThere are a lot of exciting features this month, including mobile optimized report layouts, the best way to view data in the general availability of Power BI mobile apps, editing your semantic models with TMDL (Preview), and improved layouts for live editing semantic models. These are just a few of the updates this month.
» Read moreThe latest update to DAX query view introduces a major improvement to IntelliSense, eliminating auto-preselection to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
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