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Welcome to the May Power BI update! Power BI continues to evolve with updates that make it easier to explore data, generate insights, and build more polished reports. This month’s release brings improvements across Copilot and AI experiences, reporting and modeling enhancements, new data connectivity flows, and updates to visualizations—helping you move faster from data to decisions. 

Material Event filed 2026-05-11

Quarterly Report filed 2026-05-11

Author: Kay Unkroth - Principal Program Manager  

Author: Kay Unkroth - Principal Program Manager

Power BI’s latest update introduces an enhancement to how users interact with reports with the general availability of modern visual tooltips . All Power BI reports—from Power BI Desktop to Power BI reports in the web, in the mobile app, in Teams, and embedded in any website—now use the updated visual tooltips, making report interactions easier with the built-in actions footer and report creation faster with tooltip styling and colors coming from the report theme. By default, visual tooltips show the details of the visual's data point report consumers hover over, such as the name and value. Let's look at how these updated tooltip features improve both the visual tooltip creation and consumer experiences of Power BI reports. 1. Drill actions directly in tooltips One of the standout features is the Actions footer. Users can perform drill down, drill up, and drill through actions directly from the tooltip. This removes the need to right-click or use the visual header. Hovering over a bar

Getting your data job done just got easier with composite semantic models , mixing Direct Lake tables with import tables, now available in public preview. Direct Lake on OneLake table storage mode already could mix tables from other Fabric data sources, such as lakehouses, warehouses, SQL databases in Fabric, and mirrored databases. And with this update, now that flexibility is extended much further with the ability to add in import tables from any data source, from 100s of connectors in Power Query online. The import tables added can also be from the same source as your Direct Lake tables. A small dimension table changed from Direct Lake to import can have a calculated column or the hierarchy usable in Analyze in Excel. Semantic link labs have a function to convert in place. Refer to the Convert a table in Direct Lake mode to import mode code example. A_screenshot_of_Power_BI_web_modeling_showing_tables_in_Direct_Lake_storage_mode A screenshot of Power BI web modeling showing tables i

Welcome to the April Power BI update! Power BI’s April 2026 update is here, bringing continued improvements across Copilot and AI, reporting, visuals, and modeling. This release includes more flexibility when working with layouts and visuals, expanded Copilot experiences—especially on mobile—and several preview features that continue to enhance performance and authoring workflows. You’ll also find important announcements and deprecation notices to keep in mind as you plan ahead. With FabCon fresh on our minds, now is a great time to dive into what’s new and see what’s coming next. Contents     April Power BI Video Download Power BI Desktop   Version number: v: 2.153.910.0 Date published: 21/4/2026 Events and Announcements The FabCon SQLCon live recap series starts April 14th Whether you were there or not, this is your fast track to staying in the loop. In this series, we break down keynotes and corenotes into clear insights and standout demos you can use right away. If i

Welcome to the April Power BI update! Power BI’s April 2026 update is here, bringing continued improvements across Copilot and AI, reporting, visuals, and modeling. This release includes more flexibility when working with layouts and visuals, expanded Copilot experiences—especially on mobile—and several preview features that continue to enhance performance and authoring workflows. You’ll also find … Continue reading “Power BI April 2026 Feature Summary”

Translytical task flows take interactive Power BI reports to the next level where users can update records, add annotations, and trigger actions in external systems—all without leaving the report. With translytical task flows, report consumers become active participants. Instead of viewing data and then switching to another application to take action, users can complete their entire workflow within the Power BI interface. Translytical task flows connect Power BI reports to Fabric User Data Functions. When a user interacts with a report—selecting a record, entering a value, and clicking a button—the report passes the context of what they have selected to a function to execute the requested action. Translytical_Task_Flows_Generally_Available Figure 1: Example of a translytical report experience, where users can review project status and add notes directly in Power BI. Capabilities Adding data : Insert new records into your database directly from the report. For example, a customer servic

Translytical task flows take interactive Power BI reports to the next level where users can update records, add annotations, and trigger actions in external systems—all without leaving the report. With translytical task flows, report consumers become active participants. Instead of viewing data and then switching to another application to take action, users can complete their … Continue reading “Translytical Task Flows (Generally Available)”