December 2021 Update
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2025 7:25 am
Welcome to the December 2021 update, can you believe it’s winter and the last month of 2021 already? We’re closing out the year with some great new features like a new Sparklines preview feature, several new Format Panel updates, email signature access via the Admin API, and a ton of other useful features. Read on.
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Communicating
Sparklines
New Format Panel Updates
Connectivity and data preparation
Azure Data Explorer (connector update)
FHIR (connector update)
Dremio Software (Connector Update)
BQE Core (connector update)
TIBCO Data Virtualization
Exasol (connector upgrade)
Starburst Enterprise (Connector Update)
Service
Administration and governance
Accessing Email Signatures via the Admin API
Allow sharing links to afghanistan mobile database your changes in the report
Announcing the public preview of hybrid tables in Power BI Premium
Deployment pipelines: Assign a workspace to all pipeline stages
Mobile
New default report view
Recommended content supports hints (Android and iOS)
Mobile Support for Goals - Latest Updates
Integrated Analytics
Client API Updates - Themes
Instructor-led Power BI Developer in a Day and online course is updated
Developers
Improve your matrix performance with the new API 4.1
Views
New Looks on AppSource
Protected HTML Viewer by Nova Silva
graphomat graphics 2021.4
Zebra BI 1.0 Cards from Zebra BI
Leverage Process Mining through PmBI Business Intelligence
Drill Down Combo Bar PRO by ZoomCharts
Visual paginated report
Charticulator (version 1.2.0)
Other
Quickly visualize your data from Power Apps and Dynamics 365 apps
Check out the video below for this month's recap:
Communicating
Sparklines
We’re excited to see sparklines, a popular feature request , as part of this month’s update. Sparklines are small charts displayed in the cells of a table or matrix that make it easy to quickly compare a large number of trends. You can use sparklines to show trends in a series of values, such as seasonal increases or decreases, economic cycles, or to highlight highs and lows.
When the visualization feature is enabled, you can add sparklines to your table and matrix visualization via the field. Simply open the context menu for one of your numeric fields and select Add a sparkline .
A dialog box will appear to allow you to configure the details of your sparkline. The numeric field you started with will be pre-populated for the y-axis, but you can change the field and summary type if needed. You'll also need to select a field, such as a date column, to use as the sparkline's x-axis.
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Once you click Create, your sparkline will automatically be added to your table or matrix as a new column.
You can always edit the sparkline properties via the Edit Sparkline option in the value's context menu.
You can use the Sparklines card in the Formatting pane to modify the sparkline line and marker formatting. You can change the line color and width, add markers for different value types (highest, first, last, etc.), and change the marker size, color, and shape.
This is also where you can change the chart type from a line to a column chart.
Power BI supports up to five sparklines per visual and will display up to 52 points per chart. For performance reasons, the maximum number of columns in a matrix will also be limited to 20 when sparklines are enabled. Note that Sparklines will be supported in Azure AS, it is not supported in any current on-premises SSAS, but should also work with future versions of SSAS.
Give the feature a try and let us know what else you'd like to see added in the future!
Desktop Download Button
Communicating
Sparklines
New Format Panel Updates
Connectivity and data preparation
Azure Data Explorer (connector update)
FHIR (connector update)
Dremio Software (Connector Update)
BQE Core (connector update)
TIBCO Data Virtualization
Exasol (connector upgrade)
Starburst Enterprise (Connector Update)
Service
Administration and governance
Accessing Email Signatures via the Admin API
Allow sharing links to afghanistan mobile database your changes in the report
Announcing the public preview of hybrid tables in Power BI Premium
Deployment pipelines: Assign a workspace to all pipeline stages
Mobile
New default report view
Recommended content supports hints (Android and iOS)
Mobile Support for Goals - Latest Updates
Integrated Analytics
Client API Updates - Themes
Instructor-led Power BI Developer in a Day and online course is updated
Developers
Improve your matrix performance with the new API 4.1
Views
New Looks on AppSource
Protected HTML Viewer by Nova Silva
graphomat graphics 2021.4
Zebra BI 1.0 Cards from Zebra BI
Leverage Process Mining through PmBI Business Intelligence
Drill Down Combo Bar PRO by ZoomCharts
Visual paginated report
Charticulator (version 1.2.0)
Other
Quickly visualize your data from Power Apps and Dynamics 365 apps
Check out the video below for this month's recap:
Communicating
Sparklines
We’re excited to see sparklines, a popular feature request , as part of this month’s update. Sparklines are small charts displayed in the cells of a table or matrix that make it easy to quickly compare a large number of trends. You can use sparklines to show trends in a series of values, such as seasonal increases or decreases, economic cycles, or to highlight highs and lows.
When the visualization feature is enabled, you can add sparklines to your table and matrix visualization via the field. Simply open the context menu for one of your numeric fields and select Add a sparkline .
A dialog box will appear to allow you to configure the details of your sparkline. The numeric field you started with will be pre-populated for the y-axis, but you can change the field and summary type if needed. You'll also need to select a field, such as a date column, to use as the sparkline's x-axis.
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Once you click Create, your sparkline will automatically be added to your table or matrix as a new column.
You can always edit the sparkline properties via the Edit Sparkline option in the value's context menu.
You can use the Sparklines card in the Formatting pane to modify the sparkline line and marker formatting. You can change the line color and width, add markers for different value types (highest, first, last, etc.), and change the marker size, color, and shape.
This is also where you can change the chart type from a line to a column chart.
Power BI supports up to five sparklines per visual and will display up to 52 points per chart. For performance reasons, the maximum number of columns in a matrix will also be limited to 20 when sparklines are enabled. Note that Sparklines will be supported in Azure AS, it is not supported in any current on-premises SSAS, but should also work with future versions of SSAS.
Give the feature a try and let us know what else you'd like to see added in the future!