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Power BI April 2021 Feature Summary

Here is the full list of April updates:
 
Reporting
•    Power Automate for Power BI  
•    Small multiples: padding controls and combo chart support  
•    New and improved shapes
•    Invert axis and continuous axis sorting
 

Modeling
•    DirectQuery for Power BI datasets and Azure Analysis Services  
•    CROSSFILTER supports many-to-many relationships
•    Performance improvements to IF and SWITCH functions
 

Data connectivity
•    New Connector: Bloomberg Data and Analytics
•    New Connector: SoftOne BI
•    Text/CSV By Example now generally available
•    Automatic Table Detection from Excel files now generally available
•    Automatic Table Detection from JSON files now generally available
Service
•    Easy report sharing via links
•    Improving the Create on top of published dataset experience
•    New capabilities in Deployment Pipelines
•    Enhancements to Sensitivity Labels
•    Sensitivity labels in Power BI embedded now generally available
•    Securing the full data journey from Azure to Office  
•    Admin API to Set and Remove labels in Power BI
 

Visualizations
•    Microsoft Charticulator visual
•    New visuals
•    Financial Reporting Matrix by Profitbase
•    Merged Bar Chart by Nova Silva
•    Editor’s picks
 

Developers
•    API v3.6.0 is now available
 

Other
•    Simplifying collection of diagnostic information

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