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‘Key influencers’ AI visual is now available in Power BI Embedded analytics to help users identify what factors influence a KPI
The Key influencers visual surfaces what factors influence a KPI. For example, users may want to analyze what factors impact user satisfaction of a product. Factors that can impact this KPI can be the type of product they bought, the price, or even if the user is a first-time buyer vs a returning customer. You can embed this visualization into your own application with Power BI Embedded.
Upload Datasets only with Power BI Embedded analytics ‘Import’ API
Using the Power BI Import API, developers can uncouple the dataset and report so they can upload just the dataset to a workspace. Developers use the 'skipreport' parameter to upload only the dataset in cases where they do not want to also upload the report to the workspace.
Power BI REST API with ‘Try-it’ tool allows you to try APIs without any code
Anyone with a Power BI license can now log into the account to see how the Power BI REST API works, get information, or perform operation on Power BI artifacts you have access to - without writing any code using the Power BI REST API Try-it Tool. With five simple steps, users are able to try capabilities of the Power BI REST API without writing code.
April 2019
Multi Geo is now Generally Available for Power BI Embedded
Power BI Embedded customers can now deploy data in multiple geographic regions.
Refresh Now API provides unlimited data refresh for Power BI Embedded
Using the ‘Refresh now’ API, the limitation on the number of refreshes you can schedule per day is removed and instead an unlimited number of refreshes can be triggered for each dataset.
TLS 1.2 Recommended for Power BI Embedded applications
TLS 1.2 is recommended for all Power BI Embedded applications to ensure that customers have control over the security of communications with Microsoft services.
Take action from ‘Button clicked’ in Power BI Embedded
Add custom buttons to Power BI Embedded reports so users can take immediate actions.
New Power BI Embedded code samples available in April 2019
New code samples are now available for Power BI Embedded
March 2019
Clone Visual API for Power BI Embedded
You can use the Clone Visual API to make copies of an existing visual.
Themes API for Power BI Embedded
You can use the Themes API to apply a custom theme to your embedded report, such as corporate colors, seasonal coloring, or other custom styles.
Control all Power BI Embedded visual menu actions programmatically
The Options and Context Menus APIs have been extended to provide full control for each visual in the report on built-in commands and custom commands.
APIs for Power BI app content
You can use a new set of APIs to get a list of your Power BI installed apps and their content.
Schedule DirectQuery cache refresh for Power BI Embedded
Use the REST API for Power BI Embedded to set the cache refresh of a DirectQuery or live connection dataset.
Schedule refreshes with the Power BI Embedded REST API
The new REST API enables you to set a new refresh schedule or override the configuration of an existing schedule.
February 2019
Power BI Workspace Collections is being retired
Target availability: Q2 2018
Because you can now embed more Power BI features in your apps by using Power BI Embedded, the Power BI Workspace Collections service is being retired.
Public preview: Power BI Embedded support for application authentication with service principal
Service principal support for authentication (preview) is now available for applications using Power BI Embedded.
January 2019
Power BI Embedded Status API tracks workspace assignment to capacities
The Status API checks the current assignment status of a workspace to a capacity (for example, CompletedSuccessfully).
Public preview: Token-based identity for Azure AD users in SQL Database
Customers with data in Azure SQL Database can now manage users and their access to data in SQL Database when integrating with Power BI Embedded.
Power BI Embedded API for capacity workload configuration
Power BI REST APIs and SDKs automatically manage dataflows and workload settings for paginated reports on Power BI Embedded.
Power BI Embedded supports Q&A with row-level security
Power BI Embedded supports Q&A with row-level security configurations.
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