Microsoft Power BI Mobile Can Now ‘Drill Through’ to More Insights

The new Drill Through feature, a curated data-exploration component, is now available in Power BI mobile apps. Power BI's Drill Through data exploration feature is now available for Microsoft's business intelligence (BI) software's mobile apps. First appearing in the Power BI Desktop client software, Drill Through allows users to create a guided, insight-gathering experience and add another layer of interactivity to their reports. Using filters, report authors can use existing data points as a launchpad for customs pages filled with charts and other data visualizations that lend additional perspectives. For example, when a user taps on a data point within an IT spending report, authors can give users the option to explore how the funds were spent according to business unit, among countless other possibilities. Now, iOS and Android users no longer have to crack open a laptop to use the Drill Through feature, Maya Shenhav a Power BI Mobile and Devices Program Manager at Microsoft, stated in a blog post. Her team also changed how the app's back button works, taking users back to the original report page they started from. Users wishing to retrace their steps can use the app's breadcrumb navigation instead. Administrators, meanwhile, get new options that allow them to configure the Power BI mobile app's connection to Report Server, the on-premises report-hosting component for organizations that rather keep sensitive business data in-house rather than on Microsoft's cloud. IT departments can now use Intune or other enterprise mobility management (EMM) solutions to set policies requiring the use of passwords to successfully connect to Report Server. Finally, after collecting feedback from users, Microsoft has doubled the length of the app's canvas for phone-optimized reports.

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Airbyte Racks Up Awards from InfoWorld, BigDATAwire, Built In; Builds Largest and Fastest-Growing User Community

Airbyte | January 30, 2024

Airbyte, creators of the leading open-source data movement infrastructure, today announced a series of accomplishments and awards reinforcing its standing as the largest and fastest-growing data movement community. With a focus on innovation, community engagement, and performance enhancement, Airbyte continues to revolutionize the way data is handled and processed across industries. “Airbyte proudly stands as the front-runner in the data movement landscape with the largest community of more than 5,000 daily users and over 125,000 deployments, with monthly data synchronizations of over 2 petabytes,” said Michel Tricot, co-founder and CEO, Airbyte. “This unparalleled growth is a testament to Airbyte's widespread adoption by users and the trust placed in its capabilities.” The Airbyte community has more than 800 code contributors and 12,000 stars on GitHub. Recently, the company held its second annual virtual conference called move(data), which attracted over 5,000 attendees. Airbyte was named an InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award finalist: Data Management – Integration (in October) for cutting-edge products that are changing how IT organizations work and how companies do business. And, at the start of this year, was named to the Built In 2024 Best Places To Work Award in San Francisco – Best Startups to Work For, recognizing the company's commitment to fostering a positive work environment, remote and flexible work opportunities, and programs for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Today, the company received the BigDATAwire Readers/Editors Choice Award – Big Data and AI Startup, which recognizes companies and products that have made a difference. Other key milestones in 2023 include the following. Availability of more than 350 data connectors, making Airbyte the platform with the most connectors in the industry. The company aims to increase that to 500 high-quality connectors supported by the end of this year. More than 2,000 custom connectors were created with the Airbyte No-Code Connector Builder, which enables data connectors to be made in minutes. Significant performance improvement with database replication speed increased by 10 times to support larger datasets. Added support for five vector databases, in addition to unstructured data sources, as the first company to build a bridge between data movement platforms and artificial intelligence (AI). Looking ahead, Airbyte will introduce data lakehouse destinations, as well as a new Publish feature to push data to API destinations. About Airbyte Airbyte is the open-source data movement infrastructure leader running in the safety of your cloud and syncing data from applications, APIs, and databases to data warehouses, lakes, and other destinations. Airbyte offers four products: Airbyte Open Source, Airbyte Self-Managed, Airbyte Cloud, and Powered by Airbyte. Airbyte was co-founded by Michel Tricot (former director of engineering and head of integrations at Liveramp and RideOS) and John Lafleur (serial entrepreneur of dev tools and B2B). The company is headquartered in San Francisco with a distributed team around the world. To learn more, visit airbyte.com.

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