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Does someone know if bi-directional cross-filtering will appear in Power Pivot?
Mark, i checked the roadmap few days ago (new one) and found nothing. But that doesn't matter. My question is more general - if Power Pivot is considered as legacy tool by Microsfot perhaps i'll shift one day on Power BI Desktop. Even if i don't like this and Excel is much more comfortable for me.
Yes, why i re-initiated this post since i read mentioned article.
MicrosoftI seem to have missed this thread.
Power Pivot isn't legacy, it's a core part of Excel analytics going forward. We're working on improving the quality of experience with the data model & Power Pivot, and for those on subscription, you'll start experiencing slight improvements, initially ~invisible, more focussed on quality.
Part of the work we're doing is to make sure the data model works well with across different versions Excel.. given the wide deployment cycles, we think it's necessary that one person using the latest version of Power Pivot doesn't suddenly cause others downlevel to have data model load failures. As you can imagine, this is substantial work. Once that foundation is laid, updates should be more frequent, we can't wait for that day!
thanks
ash
Ashvini Sharma
Excel
Now that the Excel 2019 Preview is released can you elaborate on PowerQuery and PowerPivot enhancements included in Excel 2019?
- Ashvini Sharma
Hi all,
Since my last update, for Power Pivot, the bulk of our energy has been focused on quality improvements as well as supporting simultaneous coauthoring of BI objects like PivotTables. All of these are available for subscription customers. We have a little more of these remaining, and I look forward to then updating the database compat level to support new modeling features. Note that we've been shipping new versions of the engine periodically, so new DAX functions should be available.
For Power Query, there've been a stream of continuous updates for subscription customers.
To simplify, think of Excel 2019 ("perpetual release") as a snapshot of what we've been shipping to subscription customers rolled up into a release. For Power Query, this would include it being the new default, new transformations, column by examples, etc. For Power Pivot, this is mainly quality improvements, updated dialog for relationships creation, printing support in diagram, updated linked tables, updated measures editing experience, etc. In addition, there's a pleasant surprise for most folks (hint: https://excel.uservoice.com/forums/304921-excel-for-windows-desktop-application/suggestions/9018823-make-power-pivot-available-in-all-versions-of-exce).
The best place to keep up with what's new is on our what's new pages: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/what-s-new-in-excel-2016-for-windows-5fdb9208-ff33-45b6-9e08-1f5cdb3a6c73?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US.
thanks
ash
Ashvini Sharma
Lead Program Manager
Excel
Hi Ashvini,
Thank you for the clarification, i see the point.
One of the reasons why i'm asking such questions is the lack of information from Microsoft about what's going on with Power Pivot for Excel. Or i simply don't know how to find it.
For example, latest update was announced on blogs.office.com about an year ago. O365 Roadmap shows only two very aged records with Power Pivot. Similar is on TechNet.
Anyway, good luck with the foundation and waiting for the new updates.
Is there any news on Bi-Directional Cross Filtering coming to PowerPivot for Excel. This is an extremely painful shortcoming--made worse by the perception that the technology is ready and waiting but just not being released. I check constantly for updates on this. Excruciating.
Steven Weydert another day shot developing a custom DAX work-around to create bi-directional cross filtering in Power Pivot to handle an M2M scenario. The familiar tricks (e.g., crossjoin not working). Should be a one-click solution as has been the case for years in Power BI. No words for the level of frustration.
