Cloudfide’s Business Intelligence Newsletter – JULY 2026

1️⃣ Power BI Finally Has a Date Picker - No More Workarounds? 

• Why is it interesting? This video covers the new Date Picker slicer and compares it with older workaround approaches. It is highly relevant for dashboard authors who want simpler and more user-friendly date filtering. 

• Audience: Beginner → Intermediate 

• Area: Report Design / Visualizations / UX 

2️⃣ Fixing a broken Power BI report with AI 

• Why is it interesting? Shows how AI can help diagnose and repair report issues faster, turning troubleshooting into a repeatable workflow. 

• Audience: Intermediate → Advanced 

• Area: AI / Report recovery / Governance 

3️⃣ Fabric Apps explained: visualization as code in a data app dashboard 

• Why is it interesting? Connects app design with code-driven visualization patterns and shows a modern direction for dashboard delivery. 

• Audience: Intermediate → Advanced   

• Area: Fabric Apps / Visualization / Application design 

4️⃣ ALL vs ALLSELECTED vs ALLEXCEPT vs REMOVEFILTERS 

• Why is it interesting? A clear comparison of four core DAX filter-removal patterns, with practical implications for real measures. 

• Audience: Intermediate → Advanced 

• Area: DAX / Filter context / Modeling 

5️⃣ How to create a KPI visual in Power BI - KPI Card Design Tutorial 

• Why is it interesting? A practical walkthrough for designing KPI visuals that improve report clarity and executive visibility. 

• Audience: Beginner → Intermediate 

• Area: Visualization / KPI design / Report building 

6️⃣ Power BI Large Semantic Model Storage Format: Do You Need It? 

• Why is it interesting? A practical breakdown of when to enable Large Semantic Model Storage Format, covering memory behavior, XMLA write performance, and practical decision criteria. 

• Audience: Intermediate → Advanced 

• Area: Semantic Models / Performance / Administration 

7️⃣ There Is More Than One Way to Query Your Data: Have You Tried DAX? 

• Why is it interesting? A compelling case for running DAX queries directly against semantic models - unlocking consistent business logic for Excel extracts, bespoke reporting, and SQL-savvy teams. 

• Audience: Beginner → Intermediate 

• Area: DAX / Querying / Self-Service Analytics 

8️⃣ Open Semantic Interchange (OSI) - unified standard presented by Snowflake 

• Why is it interesting? The emerging open standard for portable semantic model definitions, and its implications for Power BI practitioners and the broader BI/AI ecosystem. 

• Audience: Advanced 

• Area: Semantic Layer / AI / Data Strategy 

9️⃣ Stop calling PBIX version control! PBIX vs. PBIP & Git explained 

• Why is it interesting? It breaks down why PBIX and PBIP behave differently and what that means for Git, CI/CD, and real source control. 

• Audience: Intermediate → Advanced 

• Area: PBIX / PBIP / Git / DevOps 

🔟 Don't Use Power BI Copilot Before Watching This 

• Why is it interesting? It explains why Copilot can sound confident while still returning the wrong number, and how to prompt it better. 

• Audience: Intermediate → Advanced 

• Area: Copilot / Prompting / Validation