This is episode 262 recorded on July 14th, 2023 where John &amp; Jason talk about the Power BI updates for July 2023 including Smoothed and Leader lines, updates to On-object Interactions &amp; editing your data model in the Power BI Service, and Datasets are coming to Power BI Mobile apps. We also cover some changes to the podcast that we are going to be making in the coming weeks.For show notes please visit http://www.bifocal.show/

This is episode 262 recorded on July 14th, 2023 where John &amp; Jason talk about the Power BI updates for July 2023 including Smoothed and Leader lines, updates to On-object Interactions &amp; editing your data model in the Power BI Service, and Datasets are coming to Power BI Mobile apps. We also cover some changes to the podcast that we are going to be making in the coming weeks. For show notes please visit http://www.bifocal.show/

Episode 262 - Power BI July 2023 Feature Summary

This is episode 261 recorded on June 21st, 2023 where Jason talks with Microsoft MVPs &amp; Community rockstars Laura Graham-Brown &amp; Marc Lelijveld about Microsoft Fabric, being back to in person conferences, and the community in general.For show notes please visit http://www.bifocal.show/

This is episode 261 recorded on June 21st, 2023 where Jason talks with Microsoft MVPs &amp; Community rockstars Laura Graham-Brown &amp; Marc Lelijveld about Microsoft Fabric, being back to in person conferences, and the community in general. For show notes please visit http://www.bifocal.show/

Episode 261 - Community chat at EPPC

This is episode 260 recorded on June 15th, 2023 where John &amp; Jason talk about the Power BI updates for June 2023 including the new card visual, On-Object Interaction updates, admin monitoring, and Power BI Desktop Developer Mode.For show notes please visit http://www.bifocal.show/

This is episode 260 recorded on June 15th, 2023 where John &amp; Jason talk about the Power BI updates for June 2023 including the new card visual, On-Object Interaction updates, admin monitoring, and Power BI Desktop Developer Mode. For show notes please visit http://www.bifocal.show/

Episode 260 - Power BI June 2023 Feature Summary

This is episode 259 recorded on June 7th, 2023 where John &amp; Jason talk about Microsoft Fabric licensing from a Power BI perspective. We'll talk about Pro licenses, capacity-based licenses, the difference between P and F SKUs, and a whole lot more.For show notes please visit http://www.bifocal.show/

This is episode 259 recorded on June 7th, 2023 where John &amp; Jason talk about Microsoft Fabric licensing from a Power BI perspective. We'll talk about Pro licenses, capacity-based licenses, the difference between P and F SKUs, and a whole lot more. For show notes please visit http://www.bifocal.show/

Episode 259 - Fabric Licensing for Power BI

This is episode 258 recorded on June 5th, 2023 where John &amp; Jason review the May 2023 updates to Power BI, and boy, it's a doozey. We cover Microsoft Fabric updates, a whole bunch of GA announcements, data model editing in the service, paginated report drill through, and much more.For show notes please visit http://www.bifocal.show/

This is episode 258 recorded on June 5th, 2023 where John &amp; Jason review the May 2023 updates to Power BI, and boy, it's a doozey. We cover Microsoft Fabric updates, a whole bunch of GA announcements, data model editing in the service, paginated report drill through, and much more. For show notes please visit http://www.bifocal.show/

Episode 258 - May 2023 Power BI Feature Summary

Rui Romano

This is episode 257 recorded on May 3rd, 2023 where John &amp; Jason talk to Rui Romano, Principal Program Manager for Power BI at Microsoft, about the upcoming advancements for developers using Power BI Developer mode.For show notes please visit http://www.bifocal.show/

This is episode 257 recorded on May 3rd, 2023 where John &amp; Jason talk to Rui Romano, Principal Program Manager for Power BI at Microsoft, about the upcoming advancements for developers using Power BI Developer mode. For show notes please visit http://www.bifocal.show/

Episode 257 - Power BI Developer mode with Rui Romano

Gabi Münster

This is episode 256 recorded on May 24th, 2023 where John &amp; Jason talk to Gabi Münster, Senior Program Manager on the Fabric CAT Team at Microsoft, about the announcements made at Microsoft Build 2023.For show notes please visit http://www.bifocal.show/

This is episode 256 recorded on May 24th, 2023 where John &amp; Jason talk to Gabi Münster, Senior Program Manager on the Fabric CAT Team at Microsoft, about the announcements made at Microsoft Build 2023. For show notes please visit http://www.bifocal.show/

Episode 256 - News from Build with Gabi Münster

Rosie Levasseur

This is episode 255 recorded on April 28th, 2023 where John &amp; Jason talk to Rosie Levasseur, Senior Product Manager for Power BI, all about the on-object feature set and the changes that have and will be made for Power BI Creators.For show notes please visit http://www.bifocal.show/

This is episode 255 recorded on April 28th, 2023 where John &amp; Jason talk to Rosie Levasseur, Senior Product Manager for Power BI, all about the on-object feature set and the changes that have and will be made for Power BI Creators. For show notes please visit http://www.bifocal.show/

Episode 255 - Interview with Rosie Levasseur

Emily Lisa

This is episode 254 recorded on April 14th, 2023 where John &amp; Jason talk to Emily Lisa, Senior Product Manager for Power BI, about the newly announced Public Preview of the "Edit your data model in the Power BI service" feature.

Episode 254 - Interview with Emily Lisa

Zoe Douglas

This is episode 253 recorded on April 12th, 2023 where John &amp; Jason talk to Zoe Douglas, Senior Program Manager for Power BI, about Dynamic format strings for measures, the new Apply all slicers and Clear all slicers buttons, and the Optimize Ribbon.

Episode 253 - Interview with Zoe Douglas

Podcast by John White &amp; Jason Himmelstein

Your topics are relevant.  But the delivery needs a lot of work. The podcast has a high noise/content ratio. Lots of silly asides and long introductions.  For the 5 episodes i listened to, i found it best to skip the first 5 minutes and the last 3 minutes, because the hosts make lots of smalltalk and jokes.  None of it is relevant to the listener.  And during the conversation, there are a lot of silly asides that can be confusing for those of us who haven&#39;t met the hosts.  That is distracting in a podcast.  There doesn&#39;t seem to be any structure to each episode. Instead, it feels like a stream of conscious delivery like you&#39;d get if you just walked up to someone and asked them about the topic.

Delivery & format needs polishing, but topic list is interesting.

I&#39;m new to BI and this show has been a great way to learn the jargon of the profession and start to understand what I&#39;m doing. I highly reccommend it.

New to this all

BIFocal - Clarifying Business Intelligence

This is episode 127 recorded on November 14th, 2019 where John &amp; Jason talk about the November Power BI Desktop features including the new Power BI Desktop Ribbon, Decomposition Tree, and AI Functions in Power Query.Jason's blog postOffice 365 Service Description Power BI Reporthttps://www.sharepointlonghorn.com/office-365-service-description-power-bi-report/John's blog postA low cost approach for paginated report subscriptions in Power BIhttp://whitepages.unlimitedviz.com/2019/11/a-low-cost-approach-for-paginated-report-subscriptions-in-power-bi/Desktop November 2019Other	• Modern ribbon (preview)Reporting	• Decomposition tree visual (preview)Analytics	• Conditionally format button formattingVisualizations	• ArcGIS Maps for Power BI update	• New xViz visuals	• Advanced Gauge	• Hierarchical Filter	• ZoomCharts Drill-Down Waterfall Visual	• Financial Reporting Matrix by Profitbase	• Distribution	• TreeData connectivity	• LinkedIn Sales Navigator connector	• Edit SAP variables experience now generally available	• Vena connector	• SiteImprove connector	• Product Insights connector	• Web By Example connector – support for extracting linksData Preparation	• AI functions in Power Query (Preview)Template apps	• LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Sales OperationsIdeasDark Modehttps://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/37882726-option-to-use-either-light-or-dark-interface https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/34628386-dark-mode-for-power-biJason's pick - Votes: 601No Ctrl-Click on Buttons Needed for Bookmarks View ModeWhen editing in Desktop, you have to Ctrl-Click a button to trigger the assigned action - very good. But when you have multiple bookmarks and you go into "View" mode, you are effectively in "PowerPoint Mode". When in this mode, there should be just a single click for a button (no ctrl needed).https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/38773519-no-ctrl-click-on-buttons-needed-for-bookmarks-vie

This is episode 127 recorded on November 14th, 2019 where John &amp; Jason talk about the November Power BI Desktop features including the new Power BI Desktop Ribbon, Decomposition Tree, and AI Functions in Power Query. Jason's blog post Office 365 Service Description Power BI Reporthttps://<a href="http://www.sharepointlonghorn.com/office-365-service-description-power-bi-report/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.sharepointlonghorn.com/office-365-service-description-power-bi-report/</a> John's blog post A low cost approach for paginated report subscriptions in Power BIhttp://<a href="http://whitepages.unlimitedviz.com/2019/11/a-low-cost-approach-for-paginated-report-subscriptions-in-power-bi/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">whitepages.unlimitedviz.com/2019/11/a-low-cost-approach-for-paginated-report-subscriptions-in-power-bi/</a> Desktop November 2019 Other 	• Modern ribbon (preview) Reporting 	• Decomposition tree visual (preview) Analytics 	• Conditionally format button formatting Visualizations 	• ArcGIS Maps for Power BI update 	• New xViz visuals 	• Advanced Gauge 	• Hierarchical Filter 	• ZoomCharts Drill-Down Waterfall Visual 	• Financial Reporting Matrix by Profitbase 	• Distribution 	• Tree Data connectivity 	• LinkedIn Sales Navigator connector 	• Edit SAP variables experience now generally available 	• Vena connector 	• SiteImprove connector 	• Product Insights connector 	• Web By Example connector – support for extracting links Data Preparation 	• AI functions in Power Query (Preview) Template apps 	• LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Sales Operations Ideas Dark Mode <a href="https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/37882726-option-to-use-either-light-or-dark-interface" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/37882726-option-to-use-either-light-or-dark-interface</a> <a href="https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/34628386-dark-mode-for-power-bi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/34628386-dark-mode-for-power-bi</a> Jason's pick - Votes: 601 No Ctrl-Click on Buttons Needed for Bookmarks View Mode When editing in Desktop, you have to Ctrl-Click a button to trigger the assigned action - very good. But when you have multiple bookmarks and you go into "View" mode, you are effectively in "PowerPoint Mode". When in this mode, there should be just a single click for a button (no ctrl needed). <a href="https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/38773519-no-ctrl-click-on-buttons-needed-for-bookmarks-vie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/38773519-no-ctrl-click-on-buttons-needed-for-bookmarks-vie</a>

Episode 127 - November 2019 Power BI Desktop Update

SharePoint 2016 is now generally available!!!Jason and John welcome guests Kay Unkroth and Gregory Appel from Microsoft to discuss the BI changes in SharePoint 2016. Kay is a senior Product Manager responsible for BI intergration in SharePoint, and Greg is a senior PM in charge of Excel Online.The big topic discussed is the fact that Excel Services have moved over to the Office Online Server. Our guests tackle the questions and repercussions of this, as well as many other topics including Microsoft’s renewed focus on SQL Server Reporting Services. Recorded March 24, 2016Check out the show notes at https://bifocal.show/2017/07/20/episode-3-select-from-on-prem-where-version2016/

SharePoint 2016 is now generally available!!! Jason and John welcome guests Kay Unkroth and Gregory Appel from Microsoft to discuss the BI changes in SharePoint 2016. Kay is a senior Product Manager responsible for BI intergration in SharePoint, and Greg is a senior PM in charge of Excel Online. The big topic discussed is the fact that Excel Services have moved over to the Office Online Server. Our guests tackle the questions and repercussions of this, as well as many other topics including Microsoft’s renewed focus on SQL Server Reporting Services. Recorded March 24, 2016 Check out the show notes at https://bifocal.show/2017/07/20/episode-3-select-from-on-prem-where-version2016/

BIFocal Episode 3 - Select * from On-Prem Where Version='2016'

This is episode 109 recorded on July 18th, 2019 where John &amp; Jason review some community news, and John interviews Reid Havens of Havens consulting about the Power BI community, consulting in the Power BI world, and template apps. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 109 recorded on July 18th, 2019 where John &amp; Jason review some community news, and John interviews Reid Havens of Havens consulting about the Power BI community, consulting in the Power BI world, and template apps. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

Episode 109 - Interview with Reid Havens

The excitement for Power BI continues to build. The driving force behind this is its ease of use, the from zero to insight speed. It’s easy to overlook the fact that Power BI also has a strong development story too. Join Jason and John as they welcome special guest Ted Pattison of Critical Path consulting to discuss the developer landscape in Power BI. Recorded April 28, 2016Check out the show notes at https://bifocal.show/2017/07/20/episode-4-the-power-bi-development-story/

The excitement for Power BI continues to build. The driving force behind this is its ease of use, the from zero to insight speed. It’s easy to overlook the fact that Power BI also has a strong development story too. Join Jason and John as they welcome special guest Ted Pattison of Critical Path consulting to discuss the developer landscape in Power BI. Recorded April 28, 2016 Check out the show notes at https://bifocal.show/2017/07/20/episode-4-the-power-bi-development-story/

BIFocal Episode 4 - The Power BI Development Story

Databricks

This is episode 84 recorded on January 21, 2019 where John &amp; Jason talk about Azure big data technologies, the Ignite world tour, and Power BI external dataflows.For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 84 recorded on January 21, 2019 where John &amp; Jason talk about Azure big data technologies, the Ignite world tour, and Power BI external dataflows. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

Episode 84 - Databricks & External Dataflows

Will Thompson

This is episode 59 recorded on July 31st, 2018 where John &amp; Jason talk about SPSNYC, sessions for Ignite, and interview Will Thompson from the Power BI Desktop Team at Microsoft.For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 59 recorded on July 31st, 2018 where John &amp; Jason talk about SPSNYC, sessions for Ignite, and interview Will Thompson from the Power BI Desktop Team at Microsoft. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

Episode 59 - Interview with Will Thompson

This is episode 83 recorded on January 11th, 2019 where John &amp; Jason talk Workspace Management in the Admin portal &amp; the death of inappropriate anonymous embedding.For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 83 recorded on January 11th, 2019 where John &amp; Jason talk Workspace Management in the Admin portal &amp; the death of inappropriate anonymous embedding. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

Episode 83 - The death of inappropriate anonymous embedding

Adam Saxton

This is episode 68 recorded on September 26th, 2018 where John &amp; Jason talk to Adam Saxton, Microsoft's "Guy in a Cube", live at Microsoft Ignite 2018 about the new XMLA end points, Certified Data Sets, the shift to focus on Enterprise BI with Power BI Premium, the new ALM Toolkit, and much more.For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 68 recorded on September 26th, 2018 where John &amp; Jason talk to Adam Saxton, Microsoft's "Guy in a Cube", live at Microsoft Ignite 2018 about the new XMLA end points, Certified Data Sets, the shift to focus on Enterprise BI with Power BI Premium, the new ALM Toolkit, and much more. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

Episode 68 - Live from Ignite with Adam Saxton

This is episode 12 recorded on August 23rd, 2017 where John &amp; Jason talk about the new SharePoint Communication Sites, OneDrive's new sharing functionality, when times are not times, and the difference between embedding reports &amp; Power BI Embedded.For show notes please visit bifocal.show/2017/09/05/episode-12-time-after-time/

This is episode 12 recorded on August 23rd, 2017 where John &amp; Jason talk about the new SharePoint Communication Sites, OneDrive's new sharing functionality, when times are not times, and the difference between embedding reports &amp; Power BI Embedded. For show notes please visit bifocal.show/2017/09/05/episode-12-time-after-time/

BIFocal Episode 12 - Time after time

This is episode 19 recorded on October 12th, 2017… where John &amp; Jason talk to about the news including a new version &amp; way of deploying Power BI Desktop and what's interesting in the release of SQL Server 2017.For show notes please visit https://bifocal.show/2017/10/17/episode-19-dummy-proofing-for-executives

This is episode 19 recorded on October 12th, 2017… where John &amp; Jason talk to about the news including a new version &amp; way of deploying Power BI Desktop and what's interesting in the release of SQL Server 2017. For show notes please visit https://bifocal.show/2017/10/17/episode-19-dummy-proofing-for-executives

Episode 19 - Dummy proofing for Executives

Josh Caplan

This is episode 67 recorded on September 25th, 2018 where John &amp; Jason talk to Josh Caplan, Sr. Program Manager for Power BI, live at Microsoft Ignite 2018 about Power BI Premium, the new XMLA end points, and much more.For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 67 recorded on September 25th, 2018 where John &amp; Jason talk to Josh Caplan, Sr. Program Manager for Power BI, live at Microsoft Ignite 2018 about Power BI Premium, the new XMLA end points, and much more. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

Episode 67 - Interview with Josh Caplan

This is episode 10 recorded on August 17th, 2017 where we talk about the new Power BI licensing model &amp; Microsoft Ignite.For show notes please visit  http://bifocal.show/2017/08/18/episode-10-may-i-see-your-license-please-sir

This is episode 10 recorded on August 17th, 2017 where we talk about the new Power BI licensing model &amp; Microsoft Ignite. For show notes please visit http://bifocal.show/2017/08/18/episode-10-may-i-see-your-license-please-sir

BIFocal Episode 10 - May I see your license sir?

Arun Ulag

This is episode 77 recorded on November 21st, 2018 where John &amp; Jason talk about some new blogs posts from John and interview Arun Ulag, General Manager of Power BI Engineering at Microsoft, about all things Power BI at Microsoft Ignite on September 25th, 2018.For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 77 recorded on November 21st, 2018 where John &amp; Jason talk about some new blogs posts from John and interview Arun Ulag, General Manager of Power BI Engineering at Microsoft, about all things Power BI at Microsoft Ignite on September 25th, 2018. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

Episode 77 - Interview with Arun Ulag

This is episode 72 recorded on October 19th, 2018 where John &amp; Jason talk to about the October release of Power BI Desktop, and a little about publish to web reports.For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 72 recorded on October 19th, 2018 where John &amp; Jason talk to about the October release of Power BI Desktop, and a little about publish to web reports. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

Episode 72 - October Desktop Update

This is episode 58 recorded on July 25th 2018 where John &amp; Jason talk about Business Application Summit after-the-fact, The Road Ahead for Power BI &amp; SharePoint blog post, and do a deep dive on the Power BI Desktop update for July.For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 58 recorded on July 25th 2018 where John &amp; Jason talk about Business Application Summit after-the-fact, The Road Ahead for Power BI &amp; SharePoint blog post, and do a deep dive on the Power BI Desktop update for July. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

Episode 58 - Power BI Desktop Update & the Road Ahead

This is episode 78 recorded on December 5th, 2018 live from SPFest Chicago where Jason talks with the other speakers on the BI track Treb Gatte, Liz Sundet, and Daniel Glenn about their perspectives on BI in the SharePoint space &amp; their predictions for 2019.For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 78 recorded on December 5th, 2018 live from SPFest Chicago where Jason talks with the other speakers on the BI track Treb Gatte, Liz Sundet, and Daniel Glenn about their perspectives on BI in the SharePoint space &amp; their predictions for 2019. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

Episode 78 - Interview with the SPFest BI Speakers

Amanda Cofsky

This is episode 71 recorded on September 26th, 2018 where John &amp; Jason talk about some new &amp; exciting stuff they are each working on &amp; interview Amanda Cofsky, Program Manager for Power BI, at Microsoft Ignite about what is coming to Power BI Desktop like Copy &amp; Paste visuals between PBIX files.For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 71 recorded on September 26th, 2018 where John &amp; Jason talk about some new &amp; exciting stuff they are each working on &amp; interview Amanda Cofsky, Program Manager for Power BI, at Microsoft Ignite about what is coming to Power BI Desktop like Copy &amp; Paste visuals between PBIX files. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

Episode 71 - Interview with Amanda Cofsky

This is episode 22 recorded on November 2nd, 2017… where John &amp; Jason talk to about the brand new release of Power BI Report Server, PowerApp visuals, &amp; Power BI Licensing.For show notes please visit http://bifocal.show/2017/11/06/episode-22-power-bi-report-server-release-news

This is episode 22 recorded on November 2nd, 2017… where John &amp; Jason talk to about the brand new release of Power BI Report Server, PowerApp visuals, &amp; Power BI Licensing. For show notes please visit http://bifocal.show/2017/11/06/episode-22-power-bi-report-server-release-news

Episode 22 - Power BI Report Server release news

Kent Weare

This is episode 70 recorded on July 24th, 2018 where John talks to Kent Weare, Principal Program Manager for Microsoft Flow, at the Business Application Summit about Microsoft Flow &amp; the announcement that was made at Microsoft Ignite on September 27th about Power Query Online Integration for Microsoft Flow.For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 70 recorded on July 24th, 2018 where John talks to Kent Weare, Principal Program Manager for Microsoft Flow, at the Business Application Summit about Microsoft Flow &amp; the announcement that was made at Microsoft Ignite on September 27th about Power Query Online Integration for Microsoft Flow. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

Episode 70 - Interview with Kent Weare

Sundeep Meda

This is episode 69 recorded on September 26th, 2018 where John &amp; Jason talk to Sundeep Meda, Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, about RDL in the Cloud, field listener questions, the Power BI webpart in SharePoint Online, updates to Report Builder &amp; Report viewer, Row level security in Power BI Report Server, and much more.For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This is episode 69 recorded on September 26th, 2018 where John &amp; Jason talk to Sundeep Meda, Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, about RDL in the Cloud, field listener questions, the Power BI webpart in SharePoint Online, updates to Report Builder &amp; Report viewer, Row level security in Power BI Report Server, and much more. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

Episode 69 - Interview with Sundeep Meda

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