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Error Bars showing standard deviation from the average

2022 Week 39 | Power BI: Use error bars to show statistical ranges

Introduction We first looked at error bars in week 28. But error bars have several formatting features and can be used in several types of visuals. This week, we are going to use error bars to show a dynamically populated range around an average.  Requirements Calculate the average height and standard deviation for the heights. …

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2022 Week 38 | Power BI: Create a Waterfall Pipeline

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week we’re collaborating with the Tableau team to create a waterfall pipeline using Salesforce data. Lorna Brown, the creator of the challenge is attending Saleforce’s Dreamforce conference, hence the nature of the challenge. We’re building a waterfall chart using the Simple Waterfall custom visual by Datanomy Limited. This week’s workout can be done in …

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2022 Week 37 | Power BI: My First Deneb

Introduction I sit back every week and watch the other amazing members of the #WorkoutWednesday Power BI team go through Deneb challenges like it’s nothing. The visuals are fantastic, the customizations are intriguing, but the truth is – I’ve never done a Deneb visual! Until this week that is.    If you’re like me and …

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2022 Week 36 | Power BI: Split Violin Plot and HTML

Introduction Another PlotlyJS visual this week – creating a split violin plot. We’ll be comparing male and female dating preferences collected from speed dating events between 2002-2004. EXTRA CREDIT – For those with a little more time on their hands, an extended workout challenge is included; conduct your own data analysis and create a data …

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2022 Week 35 | Power BI: Make a Comet Chart

Introduction This week we are exploring another lesser used chart type: the comet chart. Comet charts show the evolution of one or two measures over time. They allow you to see change between two time periods across a category while emphasizing the direction of the change. You might use a comet chart instead of a dumbbell …

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2022 Week 34 | Power BI: Calculation Groups

Introduction Calculation Groups in Power BI essentially allow you to apply logic or formatting to a variety of measures at the same time.  For example, let’s say you were looking to create a Month-To-Date, Quarter-To-Date, and Year-To-Date view across Revenue, Orders, and Units.  This would require you to create a calculation for each of the …

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2022 Week 33 | Power BI: Compare two series of values

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week we’re visualizing two series of values in a take on last week’s Tableau challenge! This week’s challenge uses youth cellphone data and gives you the opportunity to either build a dumbbell chart using Charticulator or to build a lipstick column chart using a custom visual. Complete one or both …

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2022 Week 32 | Leverage Field Parameters in Measures

Introduction My name is Spencer Hamilton, Analytics Consultant with phData, and I’ll be guest hosting this week’s challenge! For the challenge, we’re going to look at one of Power BI’s newer features, Field Parameters, and create some calculations that dynamically change based on the selected parameter value. In this specific example we’re looking at Sample …

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2022 Week 31 | Power BI: Connected Scatter with PlotlyJS

Introduction This week for Workout Wednesday we are getting familiar with the PlotlyJS visual by creating traces and annotations for a connected scatterplot.   Connected scatterplots are a cross between a scatterplot and a lineplot whereby two numeric variables are connected by a third ordered variable (often time).   The below graph created with the …

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