We are pleased to announce Beta release of powerbi-visuals-tools v3.

This Beta release brings a lot of new features for Custom Visuals development experience.

With new Typescript v3 and ES6 modules support, users are able to integrate modern versions of all popular libraries like D3 V5 or others.

What’s new in beta?

• TypeScript v3.0.1 by default.
• ES6 Modules supported.
• New versions of D3v5 and other external libraries are supported.
• Reduced package size.
• Improved API performance.
• and many more.

As of September 1st only API 1.2 and above will be supported.

Power KPI 1.5.0 has been significaly refactored and redesigned in terms of TypeScript and CSS code.

If you are facing any issues we would recommend to clear browser cache and Power BI Desktop cache.

Power BI Desktop cache can be cleared by removing everything at these folders:

• C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Power BI Desktop

• C:\Users\%username%\Microsoft\Power BI Desktop Store App

Browser cache can be cleared by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Delete and selecting "Cached data and files". The final step is to click "Clear" button.

Ignat Vilesov,

Software Engineer

Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

pbicvsupport@microsoft.com

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• Recap

API 1.7 for custom visuals is available in the PowerBI-visuals-tools.

This version introduces the much anticipated advanced filtering API, to enable semantic queries on the Power BI data model.

API 1.6 for custom visuals is available in the PowerBI-visuals-tools, includes new features:

• support for visual localization
• support for visual to enter in-visual edit mode
• support for creating interactive R custom visuals, based on html

In addition, Capabilities.json was updated to include support for the much anticipated drill-down capability

Reminder that the current custom visuals gallery will be deprecated on 5/31. from that date, custom visuals will only be available to download from the Office store.

Any custom visuals that was downloaded from the gallery will still be working in Power BI

The new PlayAxis custom visual for Power BI will animate your report and its visuals without any user interaction.
It is perfect to show your reports without having to click every time you want to change the values of a filter and it is also great for when you want to see trends or look for patterns in your data. Just click "play" and focus on how data is evolving.

Hello Everybody!

Let me introduce you today the Ultimate Waterfall Chart, a Custom Visual soon available in the gallery. Let’s have a more detailed look on my first example I have prepared. Its not a final dashboard, it just has the charts or features on it I want to explain.

Creating a power BI custom visual is much more than a programming endeavor, it is an immersion in a new form of art that enables self-actualization of data. It calls for a broader set of skills and your work is not over once the visual is built. The good news however is, you are not alone. There is a community out there that you can learn from and be a part of…