Introduction Another month another week and we are already in the second quarter of the year! Let’s start this quarter strong and use timeseries in dashboards. This week is based on similar dataset as the week 4 and 9 but has been organized by energy types as a column! The challenge is to create a …
Introduction Almost the end of February! Time flies fast! – And another WoW Challenge is here!! This week is based on the same dataset and maps we had as a challenge during Week 4! The changes are adding one KPI, and one top 5 chart to the existing dashboard. Then add an Interaction (not binding) …
2024 Week 09 – Formulate Select and Navigate Dashboard Read More
Introduction We are already into the 4th week of the year – WOW!! My first time creating a WoW challenge. This one is based on maps! Yes, I know CRM Analytics maps make us desire for better versions, but we can always do cool things with what already exists. But, but… this one is not …
Introduction Welcome to Workout Wednesday 2023, Power BI edition! If this is your first time joining us, we’re happy you’re here. The goal of this initiative is to help you build your Power BI skills. We provide the data and the instructions, and you build the visuals! We hope you have fun and learn a new …
2023 Week 01 | Power BI: Use DAX to control visual display Read More
Introduction In this week’s challenge, we are creating a timeline visual on a sine wave. You can use your creativity to break out the timelines into series, through conditional formatting, offsetting separate shapes, or create different shapes using different trigonomic functions. Alternatively, with small multiples. Requirements Obtain the data from Kaggle and/or Wikipedia Create a …
2024 Week 16 | Power BI: Timeline on a Sine Wave with Core Visuals Read More
Introduction My past few challenges have been quite heavy on the formatting. Today I wanted to take a break from challenging you to format your workbooks, to showing you a powerful feature in Sigma that I don’t see used as often as I think it should be. Trellising! If you’re not familiar with trellising, it …
Introduction This week’s challenge comes from Chasoso (Hideaki Yamamoto), who is an active participant in WorkoutWednesday and was the runner-up in last year’s Viz contest at the Japan Tableau User Group (JTUG) annual meeting. # Introduction(EN)I’m very happy to join Workout Wednesday as a guest coach.Because I’ve been encountering interesting vizzes every week, I admire …
#WOW2024 | Week 16 | Can you create a sales dashboard by effectively utilizing headers? Read More
Introduction Since I watched the solar eclipse from Texas this week, we have a solar theme. We are visualizing the sunrise time each day in 2024 to date. I’m keeping it simple with the line chart core visual, but you can use whatever visual you would like. Requirements 1. Retrieve the data from Data.World. 2. …
2024 Week 15 | Power BI: Visualize sunrise times with a line chart Read More
Introduction Continuing with our community month, I decided to invite the OG himself back for a challenge, Andy Kriebel. All I’m going to say about this challenge is, I’m sorry if it’s super hard and don’t be afraid to sneak a peak into the actual workbook to get insight into how Andy’s mind works! Click …
#WOW2024 Week 15: Can you create a (super) dynamic trellis chart? Read More
Introduction Here is a fun one to keep the map theme going: Bivariant maps! These maps are a good way to encode two variables on a map and give the user a way to see the relationship between the two at a glance. But beware, correlation does not imply causation. So, while for this map …
Introduction This week, we’re building a staple in my bar chart library: Top, Bottom, and Other Values. I often use this bar chart to easily show the breadth of the outliers while not losing sight of the typical. This challenge is also a great example of the flexibility of modeling at different levels of granularity …
2024 Week 15 | Sigma: Can you identify the top, average, and bottom profitable customers? 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
Introduction Welcome to Week Fourteen! This week, you’re going to learn about Sigma’s Lookup function. Lookups are very useful for joining information from one data source to another, without accidentally fanning your data. Sigma also has a Lookup Wizard for a foolproof way of utilizing this function. When I book a flight, I am particularly concerned …
2024 Week 14 | Sigma: It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Lookup Functions! Read More
