Merge pull request #12905 from MicrosoftDocs/main

1/21/2025 PM Publish

powerbi-docs/collaborate-share/end-user-pdf.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ms.reviewer: mibruhjell
 ms.service: powerbi
 ms.subservice: pbi-explore
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 01/05/2025
+ms.date: 01/17/2025
 LocalizationGroup: Share your work
 ---
 # Export reports from Power BI to PDF
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ The following aren't supported for **Export to PDF**. Either the **PDF** export
 * The Power BI service uses your Power BI language setting as the language for the PDF export. To see or set your language preference, select the cog icon ![Screenshot of the cog icon.](media/end-user-pdf/power-bi-settings-icon.png) > **Settings** > **General** > **Language**.
 
 * Reports with unusual custom page sizes may experience issues in export scenarios. For best results, consider switching to a standard page size for your report.
+* Hidden pages will not be included in report exports and subscriptions. You can export hidden pages by going to the report in the Power BI service and exporting to the format of choice.
 * Reports using themes with custom fonts will have the custom font replaced with a default font.
 * While we look to provide a consistent experience, we can't guarantee the exported PDF from the Power BI service will always match the exported PDF from a local Power BI Desktop file.
 * We can't guarantee precise fidelity for Power BI reports. The resolution of exported report pages is 1,280 pixels x 720 pixels. 

powerbi-docs/collaborate-share/service-connect-excel-power-bi-datasets.md

@@ -53,12 +53,7 @@ Each semantic model card shows the following information:
 - Timestamp for the last time the semantic model was refreshed. 
 - Names of the tables in the semantic model 
 - Redirect web link to Power BI report(s) using the semantic model in the Power BI service.  
-- Redirect web link to the details page of the semantic model in the Power BI service (`https://app.powerbi.com`) 
-
-Near the search bar in the pane, there's also a redirect web link to the Power BI Data hub (`https://app.powerbi.com/datahub`). There, you can view all Power BI semantic models and other data artifacts you have access to. When you select the web link, the Power BI service opens in a new tab in your web browser.
-
-:::image type="content" source="media/service-connect-excel-power-bi-datasets/power-bi-data-hub.png" alt-text="SCreenshot of the Power BI Data hub." lightbox="media/service-connect-excel-power-bi-datasets/power-bi-data-hub.png"::::
-
+
 ## Connect to your Power BI data in Excel 
 
 To start exploring your Power BI data in Excel, select one of the pre-loaded semantic models in the pane or find additional semantic models by typing your search parameters in the search bar and pressing Enter on your keyboard.
@@ -87,7 +82,7 @@ When you select **Insert Table**, the **Create Table** dialog opens, where you c
 
 - Excel and Power BI visuals use different query languages and data load behaviors, so data load performance can be different between Excel and Power BI.
 
-- The Power BI Datasets in Excel Add-In is currently unavailable in Excel for the web in all Sovereign clouds.
+- The Power BI Datasets Excel add-in is currently unavailable in Excel for the web in all Sovereign clouds.
 
 ## Related content
 

powerbi-docs/collaborate-share/service-teams-analytics.md

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ ms.date: 01/15/2025
 
 This article describes how to automatically generate a Power BI report to analyze your Microsoft Teams activity, by using the Power BI app in Teams.
 
-:::image type="content" source="media/service-teams-analytics/teams-analytics-activity-report.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Teams activity report.":::
 
 Only you can see this report about your Teams activity, unless you choose to share it. Microsoft Teams also offers a [summary report for Teams admins](/microsoftteams/teams-analytics-and-reports/teams-usage-report). It gives admins an overview of the usage activity in Teams, including the number of active users and channels, guests, and messages in each team.
 
@@ -37,8 +36,6 @@ To view your Teams activity analytics in Microsoft Teams, ensure these elements:
 
 Open the Power BI app in Teams. Select **Create**, then choose **Analyze your Teams data**.
 
-:::image type="content" source="media/service-teams-analytics/teams-analytics-create.png" alt-text=" Create a Power BI report to Analyze your Teams activity.":::
-
 Power BI automatically creates your report, displays it in your Power BI Teams app, and saves it to your **My workspace**. The report is yours. As with any of your reports, you can view it in Teams or in the Power BI service. You can edit it, save a copy of it, or download the *.pbix* file to edit it in Power BI Desktop.
 
 ## Pages in the Teams activity report
@@ -49,8 +46,6 @@ The Teams activity analytics report has three pages that show different aspects
 
 The **My activity** page shows a summary of your recent activity in Teams. The default time period is the past 31 days, but you can change it to show 7, 14, or 90 days instead.
 
-:::image type="content" source="media/service-teams-analytics/teams-analytics-my-activity.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Teams My activity page.":::
-
 To see definitions of the fields in the user activity report, see the [Microsoft Teams user activity report](/microsoftteams/teams-analytics-and-reports/user-activity-report) article.
 
 ### Team activity page
@@ -61,20 +56,14 @@ The **Team activity** page lists all the teams you're a member of, and lists act
 
 On the **Team activity details** page, you choose one of the teams that you're a member of, and drill in to view its activities in the past 90 days. The page features a [smart narrative visual](../visuals/power-bi-visualization-smart-narrative.md). It automatically generates the **Activity summary**, a text description that calls attention to notable activity.
 
-:::image type="content" source="media/service-teams-analytics/teams-analytics-team-activity-detail.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Teams activity details page.":::
-
 ## View your Teams activity report
 
 After you've created your Teams activity analytics report the first time, you can go back to it. On the Home tab in the Power BI app in Teams or in the Power BI service, you see it listed in **Recents**.
 
-:::image type="content" source="media/service-teams-analytics/teams-analytics-view-report.png" alt-text="Screenshot of viewing the report in the Recents section.":::
-
 ## Refresh your data
 
 Select the **Refresh** icon in Power BI in Teams to refresh the data.
 
-:::image type="content" source="media/service-teams-analytics/teams-analytics-refresh.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Refresh icon.":::
-
 You see the most currently available data in Teams. It's not a real-time feed. It shows a snapshot of the data, which is typically one or two days old.
 
 Your recent activity in Microsoft Teams typically takes one-to-two days to be available in reporting provided by Teams. The report created in Power BI is automatically set up to refresh your activity data from Teams to pull in a snapshot of this data once a day.

powerbi-docs/collaborate-share/service-teams-pivot.md

@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ ms.date: 12/12/2022
 
 This article describes how you can view all the Power BI tabs you've viewed in Microsoft Teams. They're kept on the **In Teams** pivot on the home experience in Power BI app for Teams. When you work in channels, you can add a Power BI report as a tab as an easy way to share with everyone, and ensure the most important data is always top of mind.
 
-:::image type="content" source="media/service-teams-pivot/power-bi-app-home-in-teams-tab.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows how to view all the tabs you use in Microsoft Teams.":::
-
-Now, the Power BI team makes it easier to find these tabs, starting with tabs in Teams channels. When you use the Power BI app in Teams, you'll see a new **In Teams** pivot on your Power BI home. This new capability makes it easy to find Power BI tabs you’ve visited previously in Teams channels.
+When you use the Power BI app in Teams, you'll see a new **In Teams** pivot on your Power BI home. This new capability makes it easy to find Power BI tabs you’ve visited previously in Teams channels.
 
 You could already access all your reports, dashboards, and Power BI organizational apps in the [Power BI app for Teams](service-microsoft-teams-app.md). You could find and install apps, discover semantic models to use in creating new reports, track your metrics, and more.
 

powerbi-docs/consumer/business-user-teams-share-data.md

@@ -89,9 +89,6 @@ The link will include the full context of the data you were looking at, includin
 If you use Power BI in a web browser, it’s easy to send a link to a colleague.
 
 1. Open a report in the Power BI service in the browser, and copy the link.
-
-    :::image type="content" source="media/business-user-teams-share-data/teams-power-bi-copy-link-new.png" alt-text="Screenshot of a browser window with the link highlighted." lightbox="media/business-user-teams-share-data/teams-power-bi-copy-link-new.png":::
-
 1. Start a conversation and paste the link.
    Teams automatically creates a rich card.
 1. Select **Send**.

powerbi-docs/fundamentals/desktop-change-log.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ms.reviewer: maggies, davidi
 ms.service: powerbi
 ms.subservice: pbi-fundamentals
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 12/10/2024
+ms.date: 01/21/2025
 no-loc: [Copilot]
 ---
 
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ This change log is for Power BI Desktop and lists new items and bug fixes for ea
 See [What's new in Power BI](desktop-latest-update.md) for more information about new features. 
 
 
+## January 2025 QFE 1
+
+*Version 2.139.1678.0, Released: January 14, 2025*
+
+Bug fixes/improvements:
+
+* Fixed issue of connecting to Fabric SQL database using SQL connector.
+
 ## November 2024 QFE 3
 
 *Version: 2.138.1452.0, Released: December 9, 2024*

powerbi-docs/fundamentals/service-get-started.md

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ ms.reviewer: ''
 ms.service: powerbi
 ms.subservice: pbi-fundamentals
 ms.topic: tutorial
-ms.date: 01/13/2025
+ms.date: 01/18/2025
+ms.collection: ce-skilling-ai-copilot
+ms.custom: copilot-scenario-highlight
 #customer intent: As a Power BI customer or potential customer, I want to try it out for free and see how quick and intuitive it is so that I'll want to use it again and often, talk about it to colleagues and influence purchase and trial by others.  
 LocalizationGroup: Get started
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@@ -99,26 +101,40 @@ After you connect data to build a report, you're ready to start exploring. When
 
 We can start by asking Copilot to review our data and suggest some visuals. 
 
-### Create report visuals with Copilot
+## Build a report
 
-Open Copilot and ask it to create a report for you. 
+There are many ways to build a report. In this article, we start by using Microsoft Copilot to create some report pages. Next, we add additional visuals to a report page from scratch. 
 
-1. In the prompt field, type "Create a Gross Sales report." Copilot creates a report page and names it *Gross Sales Report*. 
 
-    :::image type="content" source="media/service-get-started/power-bi-copilot.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the report canvas and the Copilot pane.":::
+### Use Copilot to create a report in Power BI
 
-1. Create a new dashboard using one of the visuals from the report. Select the *Gross Sales Trend Over Time* visual. Hover over the visual and select **Pin visual** > **New dashboard** > **Keep current theme**. Give the new dashboard a name and select **Pin**. 
+You can get AI assistance from Copilot. Generate a Power BI report based on gross sales in Power BI.
+
+```copilot-prompt
+Create a Gross Sales report.
+ ```
 
-    After you pin a visualization, it appears on the dashboard as a *tile*. The data in the visualization stays up-to-date so you can track the latest value at a glance.
+Copilot is powered by AI, so surprises and mistakes are possible. For more information, see [Copilot FAQs](https://aka.ms/copilot-general-use-faqs).
 
-    > [!NOTE]
-    > When the report is new, you're prompted to save the report before you can pin the visualization to a dashboard. Power BI saves the report to the selected location. The default is **My workspace**. Power BI shows the report in Reading view.
 
-1. To continue editing the report, select **Edit** from the top menu bar. 
+Copilot creates a report page and names it *Gross Sales Report*. 
+
+### Pin a report visual to a dashboard
+
+Create a new dashboard using one of the visuals from the report. Select the *Gross Sales Trend Over Time* visual. Hover over the visual and select **Pin visual** > **New dashboard** > **Keep current theme**. Give the new dashboard a name and select **Pin**. 
+
+After you pin a visualization, it appears on the dashboard as a *tile*. The data in the visualization stays up-to-date so you can track the latest value at a glance.
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> When the report is new, you're prompted to save the report before you can pin the visualization to a dashboard. Power BI saves the report to the selected location. The default is **My workspace**. Power BI shows the report in Reading view.
+
+To continue editing the report, select **Edit** from the top menu bar.
+
+### Use Copilot to suggest insights
 
 1. Add a new report page by selecting the plus icon (+) at the bottom of the report.
 
-1. Ask Copilot to suggest content. Type or select **Suggest content for a new report page** and then choose **Profit Analysis by Product** > **Create**. Copilot creates a new report page for you and names it *Profit Analysis by Product*.
+1. Ask Copilot to suggest content. Select **Suggest content for a new report page** and then choose **Profit Analysis by Product** > **Create**. Copilot creates a new report page for you and names it *Profit Analysis by Product*.
 
 1. Select another visual to pin to your dashboard. Select **Profit by Product** and pin it to the same dashboard.