Summary of what's new in business intelligence
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This topic lists the Power BI features planned for release between October 2018 and March 2019.
These release notes describe functionality that may not have been released yet. Delivery timelines and projected functionality may change or may not ship (see Microsoft policy).
When a month is used in the Date column, the feature will be delivered sometime within that month. The delivery date can be any day within that month, not just on the first day of the month.
Power BI Desktop
| Feature | Release type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Quick Insights for non-additive measures | General Availability | October 15, 2018 |
| Search in filter cards | General Availability | October 15, 2018 |
| Expand and collapse in matrix visual | General Availability | November 12, 2018 |
| Copy and paste across reports | General Availability | November 12, 2018 |
| Accessibility - Users can interact with Power BI Desktop via keyboard navigation and screen reader | General Availability | December 11, 2018 |
| Smart alignment guides | General Availability | December 11, 2018 |
| Per-report control of export | General Availability | December 11, 2018 |
| New filtering experience | Public Preview | November 13, 2018 |
| Expression-based formatting | Public Preview | April 2019 |
Power BI Service
| Feature | Release type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Home | Public Preview | October 2018 |
| Subscribe Others to Emails - Subscribe other users or distribution lists to scheduled emails of reports and dashboards | General Availability | October 2018 |
| Admin APIs | General Availability | October 2018 |
| PowerApps Custom Visual - BI creators are now able to consume PowerApps within their Power BI Reports in production solutions. Report creators can now refresh their Power BI reports from PowerApps unlocking many more ways to work transactionally with data warehouses within reports. BI creators also have simplified sharing options with their apps and reports. | General Availability | October 2018 |
| Self-service data prep with dataflows | Public Preview | November 7, 2018 |
| Azure integration | Public Preview | November 2018 |
| Computed entities | Public Preview | November 7, 2018 |
| Linked entities | Public Preview | November 7, 2018 |
| Dataflow refresh | Public Preview | November 7, 2018 |
| Dataflows on Premium capacity | Public Preview | November 7, 2018 |
| Workspaces with Azure AD groups | Public Preview | October 2018 |
| Multi-Geo for compliance (Power BI Premium) | General Availability | March 2019 |
| Query acceleration for large datasets (Power BI Premium) | Public Preview | October 2018 |
| Paginated reports (Power BI Premium) | Public Preview | November 7, 2018 |
| XMLA endpoint for third-party client connectivity and monitoring | Public Preview | March 2019 |
| Ask related questions using Q&A | General Availability | November 2018 |
| Personal bookmarks | General Availability | December 2018 |
| Secure embed codes | General Availability | January 2019 |
| Customizable app navigation | General Availability | February 2019 |
| Shared and certified datasets | Public Preview | March 2019 |
| Export enhancements | General Availability | March 2019 |
| Email subscription enhancements | General Availability | March 2019 |
| Pervasive artificial intelligence for BI | ||
| Q&A - AutoSuggestions | General Availability | February 2019 |
| Q&A - Did you mean | General Availability | February 2019 |
| Q&A - Follow-up questions | General Availability | November 2018 |
| Python support in the service | General Availability | February 2019 |
Power BI Mobile
| Feature | Release type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Remote configuration for Report Server | General Availability | October 2018 |
| Drillthrough | General Availability | October 2018 |
| Dashboard-level commenting | General Availability | October 2018 |
| Consuming reports with shared filters (bookmarks) | General Availability | October 2018 |
| Single sign-on for Windows devices | General Availability | October 2018 |
| Mobile shared credentials | General Availability | October 2018 |
| Copy values | General Availability | December 2018 |
| Windows presentation mode for large screens | General Availability | January 2019 |
| Paginated Reports (RDL) | Public Preview | October 2018 |
Power BI Service Apps
| Feature | Release type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| APIs to manage and embed Power BI Service Apps | Public Preview | February 2019 |
| Embedding Power BI content from Power BI Service Apps | Public Preview | February 2019 |
| Installing Power BI Service Apps | Public Preview | February 2019 |
| Personalization | Public Preview | February 2019 |
| Create a Power BI Service App package | Public Preview | February 2019 |
| Update an existing app | Public Preview | February 2019 |
Power BI Custom Visuals
| Feature | Release type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility support for custom visuals | General Availability | October 2018 |
| Certified custom visuals in the marketplace | General Availability | October 31, 2018 |
| Custom visual support for bookmarks | General Availability | October 2018 |
| Custom visual support for persistent filters | General Availability | October 2018 |
| Custom visual support for report tooltips | General Availability | October 2018 |
| Organization visuals | General Availability | October 2018 |
| Performance improvements | General Availability | October 2018 |
Power BI Embedded
| Feature | Release type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Enable developers to troubleshoot | General Availability | October 2018 |
| Integration with Azure Diagnostics | General Availability | October 2018 |
| Integration with Azure Service Health | General Availability | October 2018 |
| New developer portal | General Availability | October 2018 |
| New metrics for Azure load monitoring | General Availability | October 2018 |
| Visual configuration | General Availability | October 2018 |
| Workspace Collections deprecation | General Availability | October 2018 |
| Enable an app to programmatically use slicers | General Availability | October 2018 |
| Multi-region support | Public Preview | October 2018 |
| Supporting Azure Active Directory application authentication | Public Preview | October 2018 |
| Upgraded workspaces | Public Preview | October 2018 |
Power BI Report Server
| Feature | Release type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Support for new features of Power BI reports | General Availability | January 2019 |
| Row-level security (RLS) | General Availability | January 2019 |
Azure Analysis Services
| Feature | Release type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Resource governance | General Availability | October 2018 |
| MDX column controls | General Availability | October 2018 |