Introduction Welcome to Week 52 of 2025! This week, we’re going to take it easy and practice utilizing some new UI elements in Sigma: Headers and Navigation Elements! They have not been around for long, but I already use them everywhere I can. Good luck! -Ashley Need access to Sigma? Click Here to Sign Up …
A holiday pause and a big thank you! As we wrap up the year, we’re doing something a little different for this final post. Instead of a brand-new challenge, we’re inviting you to explore the holiday-themed posts over on the Microsoft Fabric Community. If you’re looking for something festive, fun, or a little cozy to work …
Introduction This report visualizes account activity movement over time, not just a net change. For each date, it shows two flows at once: New Active Accounts (inflow) above zero Lost Active Accounts (outflow) below zero The goal is to make daily shifts easy to read, with a gradient background to emphasize the “above/below” balance. Requirements …
2025 Week 51 | Power BI: Holiday Traffic: Who Came, Who Left 🎄 Read More »
Introduction When faced with a dashboard, I like to guide the user to the things that need attention. What better way to do that with big red alerts? This week’s challenge utilizes a new feature in Sigma that allows you to use conditional formatting to change the background color of a container. Let’s dig in …
Introduction Let’s go! We made it! One more week and we’ve made it through another year! Before we celebrate the end of another year, we need to celebrate a new Tableau release – 2025.3! And with comes a highly requested viz extension – the Radial chart! So here go! Can you visualize this radial? Click …
Say hi to hierarchies Introduction This week, we’re turning hierarchies into a decision tool. Using Sigma’s ragged hierarchies, hierarchy controls, and funnel charts, you’ll build a Campaign Leak Finder that pinpoints exactly where your funnel is breaking down. You’ll create a navigable tree from Lead through Campaign, wire it to a live funnel, and layer …
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Introduction For my last challenge of the year, I decided to make it a little spicier. It has parameters, it has fun calculations, it has AND/OR logic, and it has a dynamic title that is worthy of your attention. Here’s hoping you can apply all those skills you’ve gained this year to sail through this …
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Introduction The first snowfall in Denver was unseasonably late this year. So I got curious about the data and decided to make a visualization. While this one does communicate with data, it’s taking a bit of artistic license. This is your challenge as well: create a first snowfall scatterplot with some wintery visual effects. You …
2025 Week 50 | Power BI: First Snowfall Scatterplot Read More »
Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week we’re partnering with the Fabric Community team for their final QuickViz challenge! The idea is simple: create a single visual, upload the .pbix to the Fabric Community, and browse the other entries to see what you can learn! Read more about the challenge in the Fabric Community. Let’s …
2025 Week 49 | Power BI: Join the last QuickViz Challenge Read More »
Introduction Welcome to Week 49 of 2025! Going back to data applications this week. I come across a constant request from clients when building data apps: How can I let users view all the records but not be able to edit them? This week we are going to figure out how we can do this …
