Power BI app update brings focus mode for iPad and threshold-based alerts for Android

Microsoft yesterday released updates for their Power BI mobile apps on iOS and Android. These updates brings new features and improvements like the new focus mode support for iPad, data-driven alerts and more. Read about them below.

Improved security management – Select a risk classification for the business data presented in a specific dashboard

iPad tiles now open full screen in focus mode (iOS only) –The tile focus mode in Power BI Mobile on iPad enables you to interact with your data, view data points, and explore. With this update, the tile will open full-screen in focus mode, taking advantage of the entire iPad screen size and giving you the best view possible of your data.

Manual refresh (iOS only) – You can now manually initiate a refresh to your tiles by opening the dashboard in the Power BI Mobile app for iOS and pulling down the top of the screen. When performing a manual refresh, we also trigger a tile refresh. Tile refreshes update the dashboard view, and retrieve the latest data in the underlying model. This means that you can be sure that your device’s screen is displaying the most recent tile data.

New threshold-based alerts – Get notified by an alert when your data changes in pre-set ways for KPI, gauge, and card tiles.