How to Make “Cool” and “Fancy” BI Report
Your BI report isn’t “cool”? It lacks “cool” backgrounds, effects (3D, shades, gradients), and “cool” images and icons, etc.? Do you want to make your … Read More
Category: Tricks and Workarounds
#WOW2024 Week 12 – HTML/CSS in Power BI visuals
My version of WOW2024 Week 12 contact cards report created using only core visuals. The introduction of the challenge says “This week’s challenge uses a … Read More
DAX: SUM vs SUMX misunderstanding
How common is this misunderstanding, and why does it exist? <false statement>“SUMX ( ‘Table’, ‘Table'[Column] ) is much more expensive (from performance point of view) … Read More
ChatGPT: Think outside the box!
Think outside the box! AI is not intelligence. You’re intelligence. 👨💼User (me): Do you have “Do not create more than 1 image, even if the user … Read More
How Many Colors do we Need for a Good Data Visualization? 4 Books to Read
I recommend seeking an answer in the following books: Dan Roam’s “The Back of the Napkin” – an amazing book about solving problems and selling … Read More
Use interactivity and animation to guide report users
While explanatory reports should be intuitively easy to understand without any legends and tutorials, tools for data exploration may benefit from some complexity and therefore … Read More
What is more important? Data (ETL, data modeling) or data visualization?
⚠ The visual part of business report development is often heavily underestimated (by developers and their customers – business users). Data preparation is important; data … Read More
International Business Communication Standards based chart
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/.
US Presidential Election
The following chart has been rendered using the most recent code version from my Github Deneb-Vega repository. Copy URL to this page/chart to clipboard
How Charts Work: Understand and Explain Data with Confidence
The Financial Times is a source of great data-driven stories told through data visualization. The Financial Times vocabulary poster is a simple yet comprehensive tool … Read More