Introduction In this week’s challenge we’re taking to the air! This challenge focuses on an unfortunately all too common scenario: dirty data and a not-quite-there data model. But that’s ok! Sigma makes it easy to change the data into something meaningful. Have Fun!Katrina Need access to Sigma? Click Here to Sign Up Link to WOW …
2025 Week 9 | Sigma : Can you model and map popular journeys? Read More
Introduction Welcome to week 9 – and just like that we’re already welcoming March 🚀. I’m so excited to be partnering with fellow Kansas Citian & Tableau Visionary, Felicia Styer, for this week’s challenge. Recently she created a framework for what she calls “binary parameters” which allows for a solution for multi-select parameters. The goal …
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 …
2025 Week 8 | Power BI: Join the Power BI DataViz World Championships Competition! Read More
Can you make a bump chart? Introduction Bump charts are a great way explore changes in rank over time. They’re also a snazzy way to gamify your data and create some friendly competition. A bump chart is more interactive with a continuous time field – the chart changes when a new date part occurs. We’ll …
2025 Week 8 | Sigma : Can you Create a Bump chart? Read More
Introduction This week’s challenge is brought to you by a new guest coach, Kieran Adair. Kieran lives in Australia and has been working with Tableau for several years. He has been a long-time fan of Workout Wednesday and recently reached out to me with an idea for a challenge, which I thought you all might …
#WOW2025 | Week 8 | Can you display a ratio and a volume on the same chart? Read More
Introduction The January 2025 update of Power BI Desktop brought us some enhancements to the tree map visual, including 3 new tiling methods and options for spacing between groups and nodes. So this week we are trying out those features to make a tree map organized into columns. Requirements Download the “Regional Sales Sample.pbix” file …
2025 Week 7 | Power BI: Create a tree map organized into columns Read More
Introduction Welcome to week 6! This week, we’re looking deeper into dynamic switching. I’ve liked creating elements that dynamically change the metric or the dimension, but I ran into an issue when I also needed to have a custom sort order for one of the dynamic dimensions. I hope this helps you solve some edge …
2025 Week 07 | Sigma: Dynamic Switching and Custom Sorting Read More
Introduction I’m honored to present another challenge as a WOW coach this year.Being a coach last year was a great learning experience. It made me rethink whether my approach was truly the best and if the content was genuinely valuable for WOW participants.I’m excited to continue this journey and thankful for the chance to contribute …
WOW2025 | Week 7 | Can you Manually Color a Highlight Table? Read More
Introduction Welcome to week 6 of Workout Wednesday 2025. In this week’s challenge we will be exploring other charting options used across the web and how these can be embedded into Power BI Desktop. Using publicly accessible charts and data, we will utilise the HTML content visual to embed interactive charts within iFrames. The examples …
2025 Week 6 | Power BI: Can you embed charts from Web? Read More
Introduction Welcome to Week 6 of 2025! This week, we’re going to learn how to calculate a rolling metric, or moving sum. We’re going to use some sample Marketing Data to help us assess trends over time. We’re going to combine with some dynamic parameters to select which metric to calculate and how granular we …
