Shannon Lindsay

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 …

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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 …

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Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week’s challenge is for folks who want to practice building reports that do have calculations but do not use complex DAX! I also had a little fun with Microsoft Designer for the images. If you haven’t had a chance to play around with this new AI design tool …

2024 Week 10 | Power BI: DAX-less Reporting! Read More »

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! We’re taking it back to basics this week and creating a bar chart that uses small multiples and conditional formatting. We’re using the #MakeoverMonday team’s data on New Year’s Resolutions and the design is inspired by a Makeover Monday participant! A huge thank you to Ela Piwowarska for creating her submission and …

2024 Week 3 | Power BI: Back to basics with a bar chart Read More »

Introduction Happy holidays to everyone who celebrates! Join us this week to get some help shopping for your friends and family, using a dataset you provide and a random number generator in Power Query. If Clippy can’t pick a gift, no one can! Have fun and create the random gift generator in whatever way you …

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