Shannon Lindsay

2025 Week 12 | Power BI: Animated Progress Bar with Edward Charles

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week’s challenge is all about bringing your data to life with animation! It was inspired by a LinkedIn post from Edward Charles, where he used an SVG measure and the new card visual to create an animated progress bar.   Progress bars can be a great way to visually track goals, completion …

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2025 Week 8 | Power BI: Join the Power BI DataViz World Championships Competition!

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week we’re sharing an exciting announcement and inviting you to participate in the first ever Power BI Data Visualization World Championships! Workout Wednesday is collaborating with Microsoft and our very own Meagan and Kerry are judging the Grand Finale in Las Vegas! Requirements You can find the complete challenge details on …

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2025 Week 4 | Power BI: Create a Rotatable Globe with Deneb by Ying Fu

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week we’re having fun with the Deneb custom visual and learning from another one of our fabulous Power BI community members, Ying Fu. Ying has been sharing on LinkedIn and I’ve had so much fun exploring their GitHub repo. Today we’re using a rotatable globe to look at Chinese migration abroad. Ying …

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2025 Week 1 | Power BI: Happy New Year! Looking for contributors!

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday and welcome to 2025! This year marks Workout Wednesday‘s 9th year as a community initiative, and the Power BI team is entering our 5th year! In 2025, we plan to both continue and expand our efforts, which we can’t do without you, dear reader! How to get involved Volunteer as a …

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2024 Week 51 | Power BI: Highlight Data with a Slicer by Valerie Junk

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week, we’re shining a spotlight on an incredible solution shared by community member Valerie Junk. It’s always inspiring to see how ideas ripple through the community—Valerie’s post was sparked by none other than Nikola Ilic, a powerhouse of creativity and insight in our space. I’m continuing my theme of community gratitude, …

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2024 Week 50 | Power BI: Happy Holidays! Embed a video in a Power BI report

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week we’re wishing everyone a very happy holiday season. Join us as we celebrate with a straightforward challenge, embedding a video in a Power BI report using the HTML Content custom visual.  Requirements Create a custom image that you’ll use as your landing page. Create a custom video that you’d …

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2024 Week 48 | Power BI: Use a Calendar as a Filter

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! I’ve been getting so much of my inspiration from the community lately, and this week’s challenge is no exception! Recently, Andy Kriebel posted a cool calendar filter on LinkedIn, that he built using Tableau. Our very own guest contributor and friend Erik Svensen took Andy’s post and re-created it …

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2024 Week 44 | Power BI: Community Appreciation – SQLJason

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! I’m nearing the end of my 4th year contributing to this incredible initiative, and quite honestly, I am running out of ideas! This week I went to the Fabric Data Stories Gallery to look at reports that have inspired me, and I was reminded of this incredible report that Jason Thomas …

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2024 Week 40 | Power BI: #FabConEurope Edition – Contest Deadline Extended!

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday. This week we’re extending the #FabConEurope edition of Workout Wednesday. We’re hosting a contest and three winners will receive a 30-minute one-on-one mentoring session with one of the three Workout Wednesday hosts. For more information on how to enter, see contest details below. Requirements   Get and transform data Get …

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2024 Week 39 | Power BI: #FabConEurope Edition

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday. This week we’ve got a special #FabCon Edition of Workout Wednesday. We’re hosting a contest and three winners will receive a 30-minute one-on-one mentoring session with one of the three Workout Wednesday hosts. For more information on how to enter, see contest details below. Requirements   Get and transform data Get …

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