New! Users can now generate a link to chart from organizational app and use it in PowerPoint. This newly added feature allows users to infuse data and insights from org app charts into their presentations and work with smart insights, filters, and live data.
» Læs mereWe are happy to announce the general availability of Power BI integration with PowerPoint. This integration makes presentations more engaging and informative by allowing users to create rich, interactive visualizations that can be embedded in PowerPoint slides. The is now available also in national clouds. The integration has also added new features such as the ability to use a single visual, leverage Smart Insights to generate text that summarizes the data in the slide, and a “What’s new” banner to keep users informed of new capabilities.
» Læs mereWe’re thrilled to be shipping Power BI Data storytelling that lets you add Power BI reports and bookmarks to your slides and enjoy the delightful interactive experience of Power BI inside your presentations. With data storytelling, data will always be up to date in your slides, whether you’re building a presentation or presenting it live to others.
» Læs mereWe’re excited to announce the release of Power BI in Jupyter notebooks. You can now tell compelling data stories with Power BI in Jupyter notebooks. Get your Power BI analytics in a Jupyter notebook with the new powerbiclient Python package. The new package lets you embed Power BI reports in Jupyter notebooks easily. You’ll be … Continue reading “Announcing Power BI in Jupyter notebooks”
» Læs mereLast year I went to our CMO Chris Capossela’s talk called “What’s Great Data in Microsoft”. In this talk, he listed five of the most important characteristics of good data: self-describe, fresh, forward thinking, inclusive, and adopted. The last one – adopted – is what he emphasized the most, and he challenged us to think harder about turning data into business actions.
» Læs mereLate last year as part of the December Power BI Desktop release, we launched a new connector for data.world – aka the social network for data nerds. data.world is a platform where people can find, use, share and collaborate with a vast array of high-quality open data.
» Læs mereTimeline Storyteller, a new custom visual for Power BI I created with a team of other researchers at Microsoft, is now available in the Office Store for anyone to use. Power BI is a powerful data storytelling tool, and with Timeline Storyteller, data journalists can now visualize a sequence of events in a compelling way using the large palette of design options that Timeline Storyteller provides. Learn more about this latest custom visual from the Microsoft Research team.
» Læs mereImportant stories about complex industries such as oil & gas can be difficult to tell. Thankfully, they often are also very rich in data – data which can be used to interactively illustrate the story for readers, making it more engaging and meaningful. Come hear how data visualization and industries expert Dallas Salazar, collaborating with Power BI MVP Greg Deckler, recently used data and Power BI to draw readers into a complicated story and leave them wanting more. Join us on Wednesday, May 31 at 10 a.m. PT to learn more.
» Læs mereWhat do you get when you combine a passion for data and Microsoft Power BI with an interest in U.S. politics, social economic and cultural trends? You receive compelling reports covering election data, obesity and drug overdose rates, along with income per capita levels within the United States over the past 10+ years. See how Microsoft Program Manager Jeff Lumpkin uses the SandDance custom visual to create rich modeling, interactivity, and animated transitions to aid in data storytelling.
» Læs mereVisualization no longer just complements a written story — it is the story. In our increasingly data-driven world, visualization is becoming an essential tool for journalists, from national papers to blogs with a staff of one.
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