What's new and planned for Power BI 2019 release wave 2
Important
This content is archived and is not being updated. For the latest documentation, see Microsoft Power Platform product documentation. For the latest release plans, see Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform release plans.
This topic lists features that are planned to release from October 2019 through March 2020. Because this topic lists features that may not have released yet, delivery timelines may change and projected functionality may not be released (see Microsoft policy).
In the General availability column, the feature will be delivered within the month listed. The delivery date can be any day within that month. Released features show the full date, including the day of release.
This check mark (
) shows which features have been released for public preview or early access and for general availability.
Power BI Desktop
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic page refresh | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically |  Oct 14, 2019 |
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| Office ribbon in Power BI Desktop | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Nov 12, 2019 |
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| Object grouping | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | Oct 14, 2019 |
| Power Apps custom visual as core visual | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | Oct 14, 2019 |
| Decomposition tree | End users, automatically | Nov 1, 2019 |
To be announced |
Power BI Embedded
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| API to export report to PowerPoint, PDF, and JPEG | End users by admins, makers, or analysts | Mar 6, 2020 |
- |
| Embed paginated reports for your organization (SaaS embed) | End users by admins, makers, or analysts | Jul 1, 2019 |
Oct 10, 2019 |
| SaaS embed ArcGIS maps (Esri) | End users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | Feb 27, 2020 |
| Embed paginated reports for your customers (PaaS embed) | End users by admins, makers, or analysts | Nov 5, 2019 |
To be announced |
Power BI Mobile
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| New look with new navigation and home page (iOS, Android) | End users, automatically | Sep 1, 2019 |
Dec 15, 2019 |
| Bookmarks (iOS, Android) | End users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Siri shortcuts (iOS) | End users, automatically | Jun 2, 2019 |
Dec 31, 2019 |
| Report multi select in the mobile app | End users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | Mar 8, 2020 |
| Power BI RS reports - Windows app support | End users, automatically | - | Mar 10, 2020 |
| Android shortcuts | End users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | Mar 31, 2020 |
Power BI Report Server
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Power BI Report Server January 2020 update | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | Jan 31, 2020 |
Power BI Service
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data protection | End users by admins, makers, or analysts | Nov 4, 2019 |
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| Datasets larger than 10 GB in Power BI Premium | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Nov 4, 2019 |
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| XMLA read/write | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 26, 2020 |
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| Power BI Q&A – visual | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Oct 14, 2019 |
Oct 14, 2019 |
| New Power Automate actions | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | Oct 31, 2019 |
| Cross-report drill through | End users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | Nov 1, 2019 |
| Self-service purchase | End users, automatically | - | Jan 14, 2020 |
| Power BI Premium Capacity Metrics app | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | Jan 31, 2020 |
| Bring your own encryption keys | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | - | Feb 10, 2020 |
| Home customization | End users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | Feb 24, 2020 |
| Update to Microsoft Teams integration | End users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | Feb 24, 2020 |
| Power BI app navigation (General availability) | End users by admins, makers, or analysts | May 20, 2019 |
Feb 28, 2020 |
| Data lineage capabilities | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Oct 1, 2019 |
To be announced |
| Power BI Q&A – feedback loop | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Oct 9, 2019 |
To be announced |
| Power BI Q&A tooling – train by example | Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically | Oct 9, 2019 |
To be announced |
Description of Enabled for column values:
End users, automatically: These features include change(s) to the user experience for end users and are enabled automatically.
Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically: These features are meant to be used by administrators, makers, or business analysts and are enabled automatically.
End users by admins, makers, or analysts: These features must be enabled or configured by the administrators, makers, or business analysts to be available for their end users.
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