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 …
2024 Week 44 | Power BI: Community Appreciation – SQLJason Read More
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 …
2024 Week 40 | Power BI: #FabConEurope Edition – Contest Deadline Extended! Read More
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 …
Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday. This week we’re taking inspiration from the incredible infographics team over at the New York Times. Their 2015 article looks at the average American’s contribution to the drought in California. As of today (Sep 2024), about a third of California remains abnormally dry. This challenge features some fun data work …
2024 Week 36 | Power BI: Recreate a NYT Interactive Article Read More
Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday. This week we get to combine our love for data and the Olympics by building an Olympic medal tracker! This is a design challenge. I have created a sample for inspiration, but feel free to build the report in any way your creative heart desires. In this challenge you’ll …
2024 Week 32 | Power BI: Track the Olympic Medal Count! Read More
Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week’s challenge is purely dataviz – there is no data transformation involved. A huge thanks to our friend and colleague Zoe Douglas for providing us with a beautiful and fun report to recreate. Find the data and instructions to complete the challenge below, and as always, have fun! Requirements …
2024 Week 28 | Power BI: Create custom navigation with Zoe Douglas Read More
Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week’s challenge is purely dataviz – there is no data transformation involved. You have the pleasure of either recreating or making over the stunning sample report provided by the Power BI core visuals team. This report is beautiful to look at and was built to demonstrate some of the …
2024 Week 24 | Power BI: Get creative with the Power BI Core Visuals team Read More
Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week’s challenge is for participants new to Power BI and/or new to data visualization. We’re building a report containing 2 charts, a table, and a slicer. My challenge to you is to design the report in a way that a) makes sense to business users and b) is …
2024 Week 20 | Power BI: Build your first report with Dynamics 365 Business Central Data Read More
Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week we’re celebrating Earth Day (April 22) with a design challenge. You can do whatever your designer heart desires with this challenge. I’ve provided a sample, but this is just to get your creative juices flowing. Whatever you do, ensure that your design is accessible and that you’re …
2024 Week 17 | Power BI: Design an Earth Day Infographic Read More
Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week we’re recreating a really neat viz that was originally created by Flávio Matos for the Tableau team back in 2023. Flavio created the Periodic Table of Wine, with an option for users to select the food they’ll be eating to help them pair the perfect wine. Today, …
2024 Week 14 | Power BI: Use a matrix to re-create a Tableau viz Read More
