Introduction A bump chart is a fun way to see how rankings change over time. It makes those ups and downs really easy to follow, without getting lost in a bunch of numbers. You can quickly spot who’s moving up, who’s dropping down, and who’s staying consistent. Think of it as turning rankings into a […]
2026 Week 33 | Power BI: Bump Chart using Native Line Chart Read More »
Power BI, Workout Wednesday
Introduction This week we are exploring the Pareto Principle; the 80:20 rule, which states that roughly 80% of our consequences from from 20% of causes. Inspired by the #WorkoutWednesday by Lisa Hitch, we are going to see if 20% of our Superstore customers make up 80% of our Total Sales. To visually aid our users,
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Power BI, Workout Wednesday
Introduction This week, we are utilising new features from the July 2026 Power BI update. With this update, conditional formatting can be now be applied on graphs with a categorical legend. This weeks challenge will look to create a cumulative line graph of vaccination rates across population groups (either age or ethnicity), banded by %
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Power BI, Workout Wednesday
Introduction This week, we have another new contributor to Workout Wednesday for Power BI: Cameron Ayre. Give Cameron’s challenge a try! This week, we’re creating smoothed lines with a handy LOESS measure. We’ll use it to turn noisy data like this: Into this: Kerry Kolosko challenged us to do this last year , with Deneb
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Power BI, Workout Wednesday
Introduction One of the first “unique” chart types I ever learnt to visualise in a BI tool has since become one of my favourites, the Peas-in-a-Pod chart. This chart can be a great way to visualise the change between multiple data points. For example, in this challenge, we will be exploring how the IMDB ratings
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Power BI, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Imagine, your company hired a Chief Happiness Officer (CHO). Their job: keep the office running smoothly. Coffee stocked, ping-pong table used, no-show meetings under control. They ask for a dashboard. Your first instinct? KPI cards. One per metric, previous value, delta, nice arrow. Clean. Visual. The CHO loves it. Until there are more metrics.
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Power BI, Workout Wednesday
Introduction You’ve probably seen the default Power BI tooltip that lists values like Sales, Profit, or Enrollment. While that’s useful, it doesn’t always explain what those numbers mean. Sentence template tooltips let you turn those values into a natural sentence… making your reports easier to understand without creating a custom tooltip page. Where can you
2026 Week 27 | Power BI: Create Smarter Tooltips with Sentence Template Tooltips Read More »
Power BI, Workout Wednesday
Introduction This week, we have another new contributor to Workout Wednesday for Power BI: Nabha Ahmed. Give Nabha’s challenge a try! In this challenge, we explore a data visualization technique called a dumbbell chart. A dumbbell chart is used to compare two related values within the same category. It displays both values as points connected
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Power BI, Workout Wednesday
Introduction We have a new contributor to WoW for Power BI, Robbin Vernooij. Please check out Robbin’s challenge below, including the solution video! ⬇️ This week we’re looking to give our users the capability to select which sub-category they want to use as a comparison value for all others! This technique has many different use
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Power BI, Workout Wednesday
Introduction In this week’s challenge we are replicating or doing a makeover on a bodily injuries Infographic, with your choice of two datasets. The design inspiration comes from Safe Work Australia’s Key Statistics Use your imagination and think about ways you can improve the visual presentation of your dataset of choice. Extra points for
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Power BI, Workout Wednesday