Vertical Area Chart describing Republican and Democrat shifts in ideology

2023 Week 03 | Power BI: Vertical Area Chart

Introduction Howdy All! We’re all topsy-turvey this week turning line charts on their side! ⇩ This weeks challenge was inspired by Nick Desbarats article Are Vertical Line Charts Ever a Good Idea? Can you find some other examples where vertical line charts may be a good idea? ⋟^◕ܫ◕^⋞ Happy Vizzing Requirements Power Query Obtain the voteview_polarization_data.csv …

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Area charts with layered series

2023 Week 02 | Power BI: Create layered line/area charts with labels and annotations

Introduction For our second week of Workout Wednesday 2023 Power BI Edition, we are taking inspiration from a recent Washington Post interactive story titled “See just how bad a year it was for your retirement account — and why”. The article looks at the closing price of the S&P 500, comparing the value at the …

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2023 Week 01 | Power BI: Use DAX to control visual display

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 …

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#WOW2023 Week 1: Can you use Image Role & Dynamic Zone Visibility?

Introduction Can you believe it’s 2023 already? No me neither, but we have a cracking line up for this year that makes me excited to still be apart of the Workout Wednesday Team. If this is your first time here, Welcome to #WOW2023. The aim of this community initiative is to rebuild the visualisation using a …

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#WOW2022 Year End

2022 has gone so quick, like every other year prior, but the years do seem to be getting quicker. I just wanted to write a quick blog on achievements this year! As with every year we will have published 104 Workout Wednesdays between Tableau & PowerBI, I am extremely grateful for all of our contributors …

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Power BI page featuring an image carousel

2022 Week 52 | Power BI: Image Carousel

Introduction “Hot days, warm nights, beaches, backyard cricket and Christmas celebrations are all part of summer in the Southern Hemisphere.” This week we will be connecting to a public flickr photo gallery from the State Library of South Australia, to create an image carousel using a custom visual from AppSource. Requirements Power Query Connect to the …

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