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Blog by Andrzej Leszkiewicz. Power BI Developer and Consultant.

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Power of Business Intelligence

Power of Business Intelligence

Blog by Andrzej Leszkiewicz. Power BI Developer and Consultant.

  • Home (Blog)
  • Bad and Good Charts in Power BI
  • IBCS
  • Deneb and Vega ⭐
    • Deneb and Vega Overview
    • Posts about Deneb and Vega
    • Deneb Vega Templates
    • Custom Vega Visualizations
    • Deneb Vega Help
  • Power BI Reports 📈
    • Profit and Loss
    • HR Cross-Function Mobility
    • Call-Center
    • Climate Change
    • COVID-19
    • IBCS
    • Population Pyramid
    • ——
    • Deneb Vega Templates
    • Bad and Good Charts in Power BI
    • ——
    • Storytelling with Data in Power BI
    • Publish to Web “Security”
  • Books to Read
  • YouTube
  • About

Category: IBCS

The International Business Communication Standards (IBCS) are practical proposals for the design of business communication. One focal point concerns the application of a semantic notation supporting the proper conceptual and perceptual design of charts and tables in reports, presentations, and dashboards. https://www.ibcs.com/ibcs-standards-1-2/

Solid, outlined, hatched: How visual consistency helps better understand reports, presentations and dashboards
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Solid, outlined, hatched: How visual consistency helps better understand reports, presentations and dashboards

Andrzej Leszkiewicz September 3, 2024

Rolf Hichert and Jürgen Faisst’s Solid, Outlined, Hatched is an incredibly practical book about visual consistency that helps readers better understand reports, presentations and dashboards. … Read More

Jürgen FaisstRolf Hichert
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IBCS: how standardization streamlines understanding

Andrzej Leszkiewicz March 5, 2024

💁‍♂️Question: I have found that many struggle to completely understand the meaning of an IBCS visual with so much “busy-ness” with labels and arrows It’s … Read More

Understanding IBCS
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Understanding IBCS

Andrzej Leszkiewicz February 29, 2024

Many people are excited to see my IBCS-styled Power BI data visualizations. They look cool! However, not everyone understands why some columns are solid black, … Read More

IBCS and data labeling in interactive Power BI reports
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IBCS and data labeling in interactive Power BI reports

Andrzej Leszkiewicz February 24, 2024

International Business Communication Standards (https://www.ibcs.com/ibcs-standards-1-2/) recommends: “Numbers with more than three digits in charts and four digits in tables are hard to read; moreover, such … Read More

“Business identity” vs Business Intelligence
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“Business identity” vs Business Intelligence

Andrzej Leszkiewicz February 5, 2024

🛑Coca-Cola reports = red in the reports🛑Starbucks reports = green-bluish in the reports. No! BI <> BI. In business intelligence, “business identity” is the last … Read More

International Business Communication Standards based chart
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International Business Communication Standards based chart

Andrzej Leszkiewicz June 27, 2023

I’ve published a Power BI report with an example of a chart based on International Business Communication Standards. Live Power BI report: https://www.powerofbi.org/international-business-communication-standards/.

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