Tricks and Workarounds Archives - Page 3 of 4 - Power of Business Intelligence

Power BI Pacman

Andrzej Leszkiewicz October 6, 2022

Just a joke. But it opens great data visualization possibilities. Everything (almost) is possible. You know the rules. Use arrows to move around the visual. … Read More

Data Visualization Tricks and Workarounds

Better Treemap with meaningful colors and scaling

Andrzej Leszkiewicz August 30, 2022

How to show almost 200 countries data on a treemap visual? For this experiment I took international trade statistics (merchandise exports by product group, annual) … Read More

Data Visualization Data Visualization Examples Tricks and Workarounds

How to Breed a Unicorn? Dumbbell Chart in Power BI

Andrzej Leszkiewicz August 18, 2022

It started with @shan_gsd‘s tweet about Year 2022 Week 33 of the Workout Wednesday and @CJMajka‘s reply “A dumbbell chart in #PowerBI?! That is kind … Read More

Data Preparation Performance Tricks and Workarounds

The Big Picture: How to Use Data Visualization to Make Better Decisions Faster

Andrzej Leszkiewicz July 27, 2021

I’ve already read many data visualization books, including The Big Book of Dashboards. And I was expecting high quality book from Steve Wexler. But this … Read More

Data Visualization Tricks and Workarounds

Good Charts: The HBR Guide to Making Smarter, More Persuasive Data Visualizations

Andrzej Leszkiewicz July 13, 2021

I read multiple books about data visualization (by Edward Tufte, Alberto Cairo, Stephen Few, Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, Jonathan Schwabish and other authors). Therefore, before buying … Read More

Data Preparation Tricks and Workarounds

It’s a client requirement. The customer is always right.

Andrzej Leszkiewicz March 23, 2021

It’s a client requirement. The customer is always right. Or not. A client of a restaurant doesn’t ask a chef to cook using client’s recipe. … Read More