>> Happy New Year everyone.
So to cap off the last year.
Our Power BI team has put together
a fun video we hope you'll enjoy. So here it is.
Hello, and welcome to our program.
My name is Kelly Kaye,
from the BAG Operations Investigative Reporting team.
Over the last year I've had the privilege
to work on a lot of cases.
Some of which were very classified.
One of my most important cases was trying to
figure out what makes Power BI so-
>> Vibrant.
>> Awesome.
>> Innovative.
>> Fantastic.
>> Impactful.
>> Powerful.
>> Fun.
>> Exciting.
>> User focused.
>> Smart.
>> Interactive.
>> Rocket ship.
>> Hashtag number one.
>> All of that. To get to the bottom of this,
we started interviewing the Power BI team.
After carefully reviewing 90 minutes of interview footage,
we were able to piece together the puzzle.
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>> Now, let's see what happens from here.
Maybe the answers lie in some of
the top new features. Features like.
>> Decomposition tree.
>> Key Influencers
>> The Q&A visual.
>> The AI functions in PQ.
>> Theme dialog.
>> Automatic Page Refresh.
>> Key performance analyzer.
>> All of our PowerPoint for data features,
especially grouping of objects on the Canvas and the new
>> Ribbon. Because it is a huge step forward
in terms of design alignment with Office products.
>> We asked ourselves,
what if it's not the features themselves,
but rather the amazing reports
that we can build from these features?
Amazing reports, like-
>> When we did keynote at MBAS,
real-time people with their phones swiping,
and then you could see the results of
the factory in the reports switching every second.
>> The revamp of the dancing cats report
because you got to have cats in Power BI.
>> The one that really strike me as
beautiful is the one by David Eldersveld,
about the periodic table that allows you to
compare and contrast different elements.
That's beautifully done.
>> I grew up watching pokemon,
and playing all the original games.
So I'll have to say the Pokédex.
>> Earlier this year we partnered
with Hacking STEM and NASA to make-
>> The radiation report for education.
I never knew you could actually get
radiation from eating a banana.
>> The one that Tessa and Megan presented at MBAS.
They did a session around accessibility
and making accessible reports.
They done a really good job of thinking about how
to be inclusive in the way that you design
reports to appeal to the biggest audience,
and to be useful by the biggest audience.
They've taken advantage of
all the different features that we've shipped over
the last couple of months to make sure that those reports are
easily accessible whether you have people who
are using high contrast mode,
or screen-readers, or keyboard navigation.
It's something that we can all take to heart and we should
be using in all of our reports as we go forward.
>> Like sands through the hour glass,
the clock was ticking,
and we still didn't have answers.
It was becoming, evidently,
more and more difficult to get an answer.
It seems that some people were too busy.
>> Busy, busy, busy.
>> Others were new.
>> Hi, I'm new.
>> I'm also new.
>> Also new here.
>> Or didn't even work here.
>> I love data
>> Inquiring minds insisted on knowing,
what were we missing?
What could it be?
Then it dawned on us all.
In all of the interviews,
we only had one theme in common.
It wasn't the cool features.
It wasn't the amazing reports.
It was the community.
>> Thank you to the community for everything you do.
We've learned so much from you,
and we can't wait to see what you come
up with using Power BI next year.
>> Thank you, for all the inputs,
and all the passion,
and all the support that you've given us,
and I really hope you're going to
have this amazing year next year.
>> Thank you to the community for being so engaged.
>> Thank you.
>> This is going to be some very obvious, and a bit of repetitive,
but a big thank you to our community.
I get to go to a lot of events,
helping executives present and the feedback that we get,
the passion that we get on everything
Power BI is just insane. Thank you everybody.
>> Stay awesome.
>> I feel it's a really good interaction
that we have, and that together,
we can make the product better.
So I want to thank you for that.
>> You guys rock.
>> I bet everybody else has said this as well,
but I really want to thank the community for your feedback.
It's really important that you tell us what's working,
what's not, what features do you need, what are you blocked on,
and how can we make Power BI be more useful for you
so that you can get your job done, get the data you need,
get insights you need,
and ultimately, go home faster,
spend more time with your family,
your friends. Whatever it is you want to do it.
>> It's amazing to work on a product that has
such a thriving, and lively community,
and I've never seen a set of people that
drive and influence the product
in such a remarkable way. So thank you.
>> You guys rock. Hats off to you.
>>High five. That's what that was.
>> I have something for you community.
>> Thank you everyone for
being an awesome community. I love you guys.
>> I just want to thank the community for
all of the feedback they give us throughout the year,
because that's really what makes Power BI what it is.
It's just all of the great excitement that the community gives.
>> That was it. That's the answer we were looking for.
Power BI is all of this, all of it.
Because of our community, because of you,
because of your engagement and
your feedback which has helped
us to make our product what it is today.
And now we just have one thing left to say.
>> We love you.
>> Thank you for tuning in.
Join us for our next episode,
where we investigate the Power BI twins phenomenon.
This has been another investigative report from Kelly Kay.
Case closed.
Thank you-all so much for an awesome year.
We're not exaggerating when we say how
much you influence our product,
and how much we value and appreciate all of your feedback.
We hope you really enjoyed our video,
and here's to another great year together.