The new Microsoft Excel Visual Calculations feature in Power BI simplifies the process of creating DAX measures by allowing users to directly reference fields in their visuals.

A Power BI report connects to a single dataset and will have at least one report page, but it can have many pages. In order to build reports in Power BI, the only thing you really need is data.

Power BI brings intuitive data analysis to both the executive level as well as Microsoft Office power users who have a penchant for number crunching, data slicing and dicing, and reporting.

Sparklines are small charts that fit into a single cell in Microsoft Power BI and visually represent a span of time.