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Zebra BI Tables for Power BI – 6.7 Update

New version of Zebra BI Tables 6.7 brings you four powerful new features.

Learn how to present your reports more effectively, ensure consistency, save time, and improve overall understanding through dynamic comments, model-driven formatting, quick column calculations, and dynamic titles.

Check out new features and improve your data visualization!👇
Download the Demo PBIX file that contains all the latest features illustrated with many practical examples.

Note: This is a private version of our Power BI visuals (not the AppSource version).
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Watch the Video

Watch the video below for a quick and practical overview of all major NEW features & updates:
00:00 Intro
00:51 Enhanced dynamic comments
03:14 Quick colume calculations
06:58 Introducing dynamic titles
11:53 Reading the format from the model
14:35 Practical example of putting it all together
19:25 Wrap up
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Interact with Zebra BI Tables for Power BI 6.7 👇

Play with our interactive example to get inspired and see all the new features in action. 
Tip: Make sure you put the interactive report in the full-screen mode (⤢) and check out all the pages by pressing the navigation arrows.

So, what’s new? 🎉

Incredibly simple to add comments on all levels

Now adding comments to an existing report is almost easier than adding the visual itself. 👀 You can add comments at every level of your hierarchical tables, ensuring all details are communicated clearly.

With Tabels 6.7, accessing and navigating comments is simple, even in the collapsed state. A small blue dot will appear, indicating the presence of hidden comments. By simply clicking on the dot, you can expand the relevant level.

Enhanced dynamic comments provide clarity, context and insights directly within your report. From detailed analysis to strategic planning, these insights drive informed actions. 🎯



💡 Tip: Upgrade your P&L statement

  • Annotate specific revenue and expense categories, providing explanations for variances and highlighting areas of concern or opportunity. For example: big increase of costs in R&D due to higher prices of new outsourced partner which had overall impact on increased OPEX.
  • Instantly calculate: % of revenue contributed by each product category/business segment, gross profit margins for each product line/region, the % of operating expenses relative to total revenue

Model-driven formatting: Ensuring consistency

You'll never lose your formatting settings from the model again. Say hello to formatting that aligns with your data model, simply switch the data label units setting to the "Power BI" option.

This feature is particularly useful when using slicers or filters to display diverse numerical formats within a single visual. As shown in the example, where we’re switching between KPIs formatted in millions and in percentages. 👈

You can now easily manage diverse data sets with slicers or filters while maintaining formatting integrity.

By utilizing predefined formatting values from your Power BI model, data representation across visuals remains consistent, enhancing overall visualization quality. 🤩

Quick column calculations  save your time

Analyzing your data just got a whole lot easier and quicker with "Quick column calculations" feature. With a range of preset calculations, like percentages of grand totals and running totals, you can apply calculations directly to your visualizations.

Customize columns, rename, switch to charts, and format as needed, tailoring your analysis to suit your business needs and preferences. No need to deal with adding additional measures to your data model with DAX, simply add those calculations on the fly, with just 2 clicks.

No more manual calculations in your Power BI model. This feature saves you time and reduces the risk of errors. Now, you can focus on interpreting insights, not performing repetitive tasks.

 

Dynamic visual titles enhance understanding and dashboard usability

In interactive dashboards where cross filtering is common, it's crucial for visual titles to dynamically adjust to slicer values. This ensures viewers immediately grasp the filtered data's context, leading to better understanding of complex dashboards.

Now, your visual titles adjust to slicer values, ensuring clear communication of data presented and adds an extra layer of clarity and interaction. It is easier to understand data subsets and insights when titles are clear and context-rich.

This results in dashboards that are more usable, understandable, and easier to interpret.

Other Improvements

Zebra BI Tables 6.7

  • Enjoy the flexibility of adding comments at any level of the hierarchy, easy locate hidden comments with a simple click when collapsing row

  • The date format is now being correctly recognized in groups and doesn’t display the long date-time format anymore

  • Using the TopN no longer prevents the data from being filtered out

Zebra BI Charts 6.6

  • Dynamic visual title with references to fields and measures; by adjusting the title content and referencing the pre-prepared measures, the title dynamically adjusts to the selected values

  • By popular request, we have added support for word wrapping of category names. If you’re using long category names, you can  set the option to wrap the labels. Note: this approach is not IBCS-recommended. Better and more correct solution is to rotate the axis to display a vertical chart.

See full changelog

Time to give it a spin!

If you're using the AppSource version of Zebra BI (version 4.0.0 or higher), then your Zebra BI will be updated via Microsoft's AppSource marketplace automatically once processed. Expected release dates according to the Microsoft Power BI team:

  • Zebra BI Tables 6.7: February 9th, 2024

If you're using an older (private) version of Zebra BI (e.g. 3.x.x or older), then this is a perfect opportunity to update your Zebra BI! When ready, just shoot us an email at support@zebra.bi and we'll help you migrate to the latest version.

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