Introduction This is our last week using the Nobel Prize data. We are again looking at the age of the laureate when they were awarded the prize. This time we will examine it using a histogram. Histograms measure the distribution of data within defined ranges. So we are calculating age and creating bins of equal …
2021 Week 26 | Power BI: Make a Histogram with Equal Size Bins Read More
Introduction This week we are continuing with the Nobel laureates data and taking a look at gender diversity of Nobel laureates. We’ll do this by using an isotype visualization. Isotype visuals use an icon that is related to the subject matter being depicted and often use multiples to represent quantitative data. You can learn more about …
2021 Week 24 | Power BI: Create an Isotype Visualization Read More
Introduction Workout Wednesdays for Power BI is now in our sixth month! Thanks so much for joining us. For the month of June, we will have independent exercises that all use the same data source but focus on different aspects of the data and of Power BI. Our dataset for the month comes from Nobelprize.org. …
2021 Week 22 | Power BI: Create Your Own Timeline from JSON Data Read More
Introduction The Power BI Workout Wednesday team has decided that May is made for DAX! Each challenge this month will require some DAX in the solution. We are going to start our month of DAX with a fun game called Cat or Croissant. You might be familiar with the many versions of “animal or food” …
2021 Week 18 | Power BI: DAX Trick – Cat or Croissant Read More
Power BI Conditional Formatting using Background Color, Font Color, and Icons
Introduction Thanks for joining us for Week 10 of Workout Wednesday – Power BI Edition. This week our challenge is to use the Violin Plot custom visual. There are no dependencies on prior weeks for this workout, so feel free to jump right in. Custom visuals are additional visuals created by Microsoft and Microsoft partners …
2021 Week 10 | Power BI: Violin Plot Custom Visual Read More
Introduction Thanks to everyone who has participated in the first 5 weeks of Workout Wednesday for Power BI. We have a new dataset again this week to help us explore some useful features that are not familiar to all users. This week we are focused on making sure labels in our visuals are readable and …
