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New Year, New Features!   

We've been working hard to make Zebra BI Charts and Tables for Power BI (even) more useful: floating result columns, action dots for variance tracking, the return of ragged hierarchies, smarter row calculations, and upcoming branded image support -- all so you can start 2025 with a bang, make the most out of your data, and ace those reports like you were born to do it.  
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Note: This is a private version of our Power BI visuals (not the AppSource version).
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Watch the video below for a quick and practical overview of all major NEW features & updates:
00:00 - Intro: Zebra BI Power BI January 2025 Update Overview
01:50 - Row Calculations Revision (Financial Statements)
04:35 - Ragged Hierarchy Support in Tables + Direct Query Optimization
10:08 - Action dots/ Sized Dots for Relative Variance Visualization
02:35 - Floating/Stepped Result Columns in Waterfall Charts (Demo)
15:24 - Annotation Layer Upgrades: All Charts & Rich Text Editor
17:44 - Preview: Image Support in Tables (Coming in v7.5)
23:03 - Recap: Key Features & Closing Remarks
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Interact with Zebra BI Tables and Charts for Power BI 👇

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.

See the full picture with floating result columns

While waterfall charts are useful for tracking totals, determining how each step contributes has been a challenge until now. Floating result columns let you visually separate intermediate results, making it easier to analyze revenue breakdowns, profit margins, and cost contributions without disrupting the chart’s flow.

Finance teams can now break down revenue, gross margin, and net profit with greater clarity—making profitability analysis more actionable. Business analysts tracking revenue attribution and BI users seeking deeper insights can now analyze contributions with greater precision.

 

 

Spot outliers fast with action dots

Action dots transform raw numbers into clear, visual insights, making it easier to spot outliers and key variances instantly—no endless scrolling needed. Perfect for dashboards where space is tight, they provide a quick, clear, space-efficient way to track performance.

Action dots smart sizing makes it easy to spot over- and underperformance by showing impact through size and color.  It's a simple  yet powerful way to visualize relative variances, making differences instantly clear and easy to understand.

See outliers. Act faster.

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Ragged hierarchies are back—better and faster than ever

Ragged hierarchies were a key feature of Zebra BI Tables, but they were temporarily unavailable after the 6.0 release. Now, they’re back - fully optimized. 

With clean hierarchy consolidation and improved DirectQuery performance, you can now manage multi-level reports seamlessly, eliminating duplication issues and reducing load times.

Explain the ‘Why’ behind your data with annotations 

Numbers tell what happened—annotations explain why. The expanded annotation layer now supports vertical axis charts, stacked charts, and small multiples, allowing you to add comments directly to more visuals for deeper insights.

With a rich text editor, you can format comments using bold, italics, colors, and hyperlinks, making insights clearer and more visually engaging. Direct commenting enables you to pinpoint specific data points, providing immediate context - without relying on external notes or explanations.

Smarter row calculations for financial statements

Our revised row calculations in Zebra BI Tables improve precision, optimize performance, and ensure smoother reporting. Navigating multi-level hierarchies and subtotaling is now seamless and more reliable than ever, thanks to refined Skip, Invert, and Result modifications.

 

Branded image support: Coming soon 

Easily replace text with branded images to improve communication, enhance stakeholder engagement, and strengthen brand recognition. Perfect for industries like consumer goods and retail, this feature will add a professional, polished touch to your reports. 

This highly requested feature is set to launch in an upcoming release. 

Other Improvements

Zebra BI Cards 7.2.

  • With this new release, you can use dynamic legend names from Field Parameters. You can prepare different measure names via the Fields parameter and then select which variance name you want it to display.

Zebra BI Charts 7.5.

  • Difference highlight on-visual settings: You can directly modify the difference highlight settings on a visual. This simplifies and improves the process of the difference highlight customization, ensuring a better user experience when analyzing changes.
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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.

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@zebrabi.com and we'll help you migrate to the latest version.

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