2024 Week 09 – Formulate Select and Navigate Dashboard

Introduction Almost the end of February! Time flies fast! – And another WoW Challenge is here!!  This week is based on the same dataset and maps we had as a challenge during Week 4! The changes are adding one KPI, and one top 5 chart to the existing dashboard. Then add an Interaction (not binding) …

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2023 Week 01 | Power BI: Use DAX to control visual display

Introduction Welcome to Workout Wednesday 2023, Power BI edition! If this is your first time joining us, we’re happy you’re here. The goal of this initiative is to help you build your Power BI skills. We provide the data and the instructions, and you build the visuals! We hope you have fun and learn a new …

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#WOW2025 | Week 8 | Can you display a ratio and a volume on the same chart?

Introduction This week’s challenge is brought to you by a new guest coach, Kieran Adair. Kieran lives in Australia and has been working with Tableau for several years. He has been a long-time fan of Workout Wednesday and recently reached out to me with an idea for a challenge, which I thought you all might …

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2025 Week 7 | Power BI: Create a tree map organized into columns

Introduction The January 2025 update of Power BI Desktop brought us some enhancements to the tree map visual, including 3 new tiling methods and options for spacing between groups and nodes. So this week we are trying out those features to make a tree map organized into columns.  Requirements Download the “Regional Sales Sample.pbix” file …

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2025 Week 07 | Sigma: Dynamic Switching and Custom Sorting

Introduction Welcome to week 6! This week, we’re looking deeper into dynamic switching. I’ve liked creating elements that dynamically change the metric or the dimension, but I ran into an issue when I also needed to have a custom sort order for one of the dynamic dimensions. I hope this helps you solve some edge …

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WOW2025 | Week 7 | Can you Manually Color a Highlight Table?

Introduction I’m honored to present another challenge as a WOW coach this year.Being a coach last year was a great learning experience. It made me rethink whether my approach was truly the best and if the content was genuinely valuable for WOW participants.I’m excited to continue this journey and thankful for the chance to contribute …

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2025 Week 6 | Power BI: Can you embed charts from Web?

Introduction Welcome to week 6 of Workout Wednesday 2025. In this week’s challenge we will be exploring other charting options used across the web and how these can be embedded into Power BI Desktop. Using publicly accessible charts and data, we will utilise the HTML content visual to embed interactive charts within iFrames. The examples …

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#WOW2025 | Week 6 | Can You Adjust Dashboard Design by Filter?

Introduction I am truly honored to continue serving as your coach and supporting your learning this year.My first challenge in 2025 is about an exploratory dashboard. Have you ever created a dashboard that allows users to explore data step by step, from an overview to detailed information?In many cases, this can be achieved using filters …

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2025 Week 5 | Power BI: Add an All Category to a Bar Chart

Introduction There are times where we want to compare categorical data with a total, perhaps an average. And sometimes we don’t want to see that total at the bottom of a table. So this week we are creating a bar chart that contains a “total average” bar. We want the bar chart sorted descending by …

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2025 Week 5 | Sigma : Can you customize this chart?

Introduction Inspired by the colors of the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, who are competing in the upcoming Super Bowl, this week we are exploring some new customization options in Sigma charts. Have Fun!Katrina Need access to Sigma? Click Here to Sign Up Link to WOW Sigma Instance Youtube Click here to Watch: How …

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#WOW2025 Week 5 | Can you use Spatial Parameters?

Introduction I was looking through the new features available in version 2024.3 recently, and came across Spatial Parameters. Since I had some spatial data from a couple challenges ago, I decided to give it a try and see if I could make it work.  For a quick intro of Spatial Parameters, I suggest TableauTim’s introductory …

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