Year: 2025

#WOW2025 | Week 43 | Can you build a ranked heatmap tile?

Introduction A huge thank you to Valerija Kirjackaja for her continued support as guest coach. This week I had an idea that I didn’t have time to test and implement, due to other life priorities, so I feel very grateful to be able to lean on the people around me for support. This feels like …

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2025 Week 42 | Power BI: Info page for reports ℹ️

Introduction Happy Workout Wednesday, data fam! Week 42, we’re taking a step behind the visuals—because every great report deserves a great Info Page! Your report might tell the what, but your info page explains the why—and that’s where real understanding begins. No fancy tools, no measures — just thoughtful design and storytelling. Your challenge: Build an …

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#WOW2025 | Week 42 | Dynamic Dimension Coloring

Introduction I recently received a business request with the following requirements: The user wants to easily change the dimension that colors the charts on a dashboard. The list of dimensions might be added or removed in the future, so the solution needs to be simple and easy to maintain. This week’s challenge is inspired by …

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2025 Week 41 | Sigma: You Should If, or Else

Can you create an if-else action workflow? Introduction This week, we’re exploring how Sigma’s new if-else Action transforms dashboards into decision apps. Instead of static filters and views, you’ll build a responsive experience that changes based on what users select. The goal isn’t just to add logic – it’s to streamline ad-hoc work. With a …

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#WOW2025 | Week 41 | Let’s Make a Tableau Pulse-inspired Dashboard!

Introduction In this challenge, you’ll recreate a Tableau Pulse–inspired dashboard from scratch. One of the key features of Tableau Pulse is to automatically detect trends and changes in your data, displaying an “Expected Range” for each metric to help users instantly grasp performance at a glance. Your task is to reproduce this concept using Tableau’s …

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2025 Week 41 | Power BI: eCommerce metrics bar-in-bar visualizations

Introduction I’ve been reading the new book Dashboards That Deliver by Andy Coatgreave, Amanda Makulec, Jeffrey Shaffer, and Steve Wexler. Chapter 14 contains an eCommerce dashboard by Dorian Banutoiu that shows how many people viewed a product, added it to their cart, and then actually purchased it. I appreciated the compact nature of what the book …

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2025 Week 40 | Power BI: Announcing the DataViz World Champion

Introduction Workout Wednesday crew! Did you know that Microsoft is now hosting a Dataviz World Championships every year, twice a year? The premise is that you create a report for a preliminary round (or rounds), and 4 finalists are then selected to compete live on-stage at the Fabric Community Conference (FabCon).  I just returned from …

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