Month: October 2021

Power BI report showing Dutch Bros coffee locations within a radius of a selected city

2021 Week 43 | Power BI: Maps with a Distance Radius

Introduction It’s the final week of mapping month! This week we are plotting points on a map within a selected radius. It’s common to want to see locations, such as stores or restaurants that are nearby to a selected location. This week we are exploring one way to do that in Power BI. This involves …

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#WOW2021 W42 | Tableau | Can you use set actions to create a reference date range?

Introduction This week I team up with Erica Hughes to create this fabulous challenge. I had an idea in my head to recreate something similar to the Brush Filter challenge by Sean. In my mind I did it with Parameter Actions, however when speaking to Erica she showed me the Set Actions Version. So that’s …

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2021 Week 41 | Tableau: How Much Do Top Sub-Categories Contribute to Sales?

Introduction I hope everyone enjoyed Community Month!  I’m excited to be back and to share a fun challenge that highlights using pie charts (puns a plenty today!). This challenge is based on a request from a sales team – they wanted to understand how individual accounts contributed to their overall revenue.  The beauty of this …

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Power Bi report with a line chart and map

2021 Week 40 | Power BI: Geocoding and Maps

Introduction We have declared October to be mapping month! This month, we will focus on maps and geospatial data. There are several different maps available in Power BI as default and custom (AppSource) visuals. This week we are going to start off simple and use the Map visual to make a bubble map.  When visualizing …

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2021 W40 | Tableau: Can You Make Stacked Bar Charts Easier to Compare?

Introduction I have a confession to make…I like stacked bar charts. Someone once referred to them as rectangular pie charts, which stung a little bit – so I’ve kept my affinity quiet. Stacked bar charts get a bad rap because it can be hard to compare the different components – in fact the only one …

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