We have great updates this month! These updates include several enhancements to Q&A, gradient legend support, ability to further customize slicer header text, the general availability release for both relative time filter and model view enabled for live connect, the ability to launch external tools from Power BI Desktop, and more!

Check out the full blog to learn more about all the updates and enhancements.

Here’s the complete list of July updates:

Reporting

Gradient legend
Ability to further customize slicer header text
Relative time filter is now generally available

Analytics

Enhancements to Q&A
Field synonyms
Visual renames as suggested synonyms
Orange underlines for ambiguous terms
Updates to Q&A pop-out

Visualizations

Azure Maps visual (preview)
Bubble layer
3D bar chart layer
Reference layer
Custom tile layer
Real-time traffic overlay
Updates to Multi-Axis Chart by xViz

Modeling

Support for Excel financial functions
Model view enabled for live connect is now generally available

Data Preparation

Global option to disable automatic type detection

Template Apps

YouTube Analytics by MAQ Software

Other

Launch external tools from Power BI Desktop (preview)