Welcome to the September 2023 Power BI Report Server release! This release brings a significant focus on enhancing the viewing experience, including improvements to the Report Server mobile view, full-screen viewing for PBIX and RDL files, and the introduction of a mobile layout switcher. Additionally, we are thrilled to announce support for Power BI Desktop Developer mode for Developers and the introduction of bubble range scaling for Reporting. These features have been thoughtfully designed to improve the user experience for report viewing and sharing. Please continue reading for a comprehensive overview of these updates.
Report Server
Full screen view
Customers have requested the ability to allow report consumers to present reports in full screen mode. The full screen viewing option has been added to the view menu for PBIX reports and to the toolbar for RDL reports. To change view, select the view menu item and choose full screen view as shown below.
Full screen view in PBIX reportThe full screen view has been added to the toolbar in RDL reports, located on the far-right side of the pagination toolbar as shown in the image below.
Responsive view navigation
For customers logging into Power BI Report Server with varying devices, the view port for smaller screens has been enhanced. This makes viewing reports more accessible. Users no longer need to scroll across to locate menu items. The view port has responsive design enabled for smaller viewers. The additional menu items are collapsed to accommodate the smaller screen size.
Reporting
New layout switcher
New buttons have been introduced to simplify the process of switching between web and mobile layouts while developing your reports. These convenient switcher buttons can be found at the bottom of the screen, right next to the page navigator.
Mobile layout interactive canvas
In the latest update, interactivity has been introduced to the mobile canvas. This new capability allows users to test the functionality of buttons, slicers, and visuals within the app before publishing the report.
- But that’s not all. With this canvas interactivity, users can now interact with visuals directly and adjust Table and Matrix column headers to align perfectly with mobile screens.
New bubble range scaling setting
Introducing the new bubble range scaling setting for scatter chart and map visuals! This setting gives report creators more control over how the bubble (marker) sizes respond to the data, making it more accurate or distinctive based on preference.
With the magnitude option, the bubble areas closely follow the data proportions. With the data-range option, the bubble size limits are mapped to data minimum and maximum. The auto option, which is the default setting for new reports, selects the appropriate option based on data characteristics. For more information, the docs.
This setting can be adjusted in formatting panel, Markers > Shape > Range scaling for scatter charts or Bubbles > Size > Range scaling for maps.
For reports authored in earlier Power BI versions, these settings default to (Deprecated) for scatter charts (which differs in handling negative values), and Data range for map charts.
Azure Maps charts will also include this feature in a coming product update.
In the figure above, the size of each country represents Urban Population, which is also shown on the y-axis.
Well, that concludes the feature summary for September 2023.
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Source: Power BI
