Power BI – Workout Wednesday

Screenshot of a globe created using Deneb in Power BI

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week we’re having fun with the Deneb custom visual and learning from another one of our fabulous Power BI community members, Ying Fu. Ying has been sharing on LinkedIn and I’ve had so much fun exploring their GitHub repo. Today we’re using a rotatable globe to look at Chinese migration abroad. Ying …

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Voronoi mapping of Australian Public Toilets showing disparity in Central Australia

Jan 16 2025January 16, 2025

2025 Week 3 | Power BI: Can you build a Voronoi?

Power BI, Workout Wednesday / By Kerry Kolosko

Introduction Welcome to week 3 of 2025 and this challenge we will be dipping our toes into Vega, a lower-level language than vega-lite. This challenge is ideally suited to those that have dabbled in vega-lite – but don’t worry if you want to try your hand – there are a few templates to help get …

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Jan 7 2025January 23, 2025

2025 Week 2 | Power BI: Ice Thickness Infographic with Core Visuals

Power BI, Workout Wednesday / By Meagan Longoria

Introduction It’s cold and snowy in many places in the United States this week. So we are making an infographic to remind people about ice safety. It’s important to check that ice can support the weight of your desired outdoor activity, so you won’t fall through or harm the area. Let’s use Power BI to …

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Jan 2 2025January 3, 2025

2025 Week 1 | Power BI: Happy New Year! Looking for contributors!

Power BI, Workout Wednesday / By Shannon Lindsay

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday and welcome to 2025! This year marks Workout Wednesday‘s 9th year as a community initiative, and the Power BI team is entering our 5th year! In 2025, we plan to both continue and expand our efforts, which we can’t do without you, dear reader! How to get involved Volunteer as a …

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Visual demonstrating conditional formatting of table based on multiple text slicer values

Dec 31 2024January 6, 2025

2024 Week 52 | Power BI: Text Slicers

Power BI, Workout Wednesday / By Kerry Kolosko

Introduction Happy Holidays and Happy New Year folks! The last dataviz challenge for 2024 and we will be creating a Christmas Family Feud game with the new Text Filters in preview – don’t forget to ensure these are enabled before participating in the challenge. Utilize as many filters as you like and prepare some conditional …

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Dec 18 2024December 18, 2024

2024 Week 51 | Power BI: Highlight Data with a Slicer by Valerie Junk

Power BI, Workout Wednesday / By Shannon Lindsay

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week, we’re shining a spotlight on an incredible solution shared by community member Valerie Junk. It’s always inspiring to see how ideas ripple through the community—Valerie’s post was sparked by none other than Nikola Ilic, a powerhouse of creativity and insight in our space. I’m continuing my theme of community gratitude, …

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Dec 11 2024December 30, 2024

2024 Week 50 | Power BI: Happy Holidays! Embed a video in a Power BI report

Power BI, Workout Wednesday / By Shannon Lindsay

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week we’re wishing everyone a very happy holiday season. Join us as we celebrate with a straightforward challenge, embedding a video in a Power BI report using the HTML Content custom visual. Requirements Create a custom image that you’ll use as your landing page. Create a custom video that you’d …

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Dec 3 2024December 2, 2024

2024 Week 49 | Power BI: Visualize Ranges with Percentiles

Power BI, Workout Wednesday / By Meagan Longoria

Introduction A percentile is a number denoting the position of a data point within a numeric dataset by indicating the percentage of the data points with an equal or lesser (assuming it’s inclusive) value. Percentiles can be used to understand test scores, stock values, health indicators, and other values. This week, we will use them to look …

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Nov 28 2024November 28, 2024

2024 Week 48 | Power BI: Use a Calendar as a Filter

Power BI, Workout Wednesday / By Shannon Lindsay

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! I’ve been getting so much of my inspiration from the community lately, and this week’s challenge is no exception! Recently, Andy Kriebel posted a cool calendar filter on LinkedIn, that he built using Tableau. Our very own guest contributor and friend Erik Svensen took Andy’s post and re-created it …

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Nov 20 2024November 21, 2024

2024 Week 47 | Power BI: HTML & CSS

Power BI, Workout Wednesday / By Alex Powers

Introduction This week’s visualization is inspired by the concept of rules – understanding them and knowing how to bend them (but never break them!) At a high level, Power BI visualizations are rendered using a combination of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS in a web browser. By learning the foundational aspects of various data visualization tools, …

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