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2022 Week 01 | Power BI: Sparklines!

Introduction Welcome back to another year of Power BI #WorkoutWednesday! We hope you enjoy the challenges that we are going to present you this year. To get this year started off right, this week’s challenge will be introducing you to a feature that was released in the December 2021 Power BI Desktop release, sparklines. I’ve …

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2021 Week 48 | Power BI: Create a Waffle Chart

Introduction This week we are continuing our design theme and using the waffle chart custom visual.  Waffle charts show progress toward a whole or a target percentage, and can be used as an alternative to bar and/or pie charts. The Waffle Chart custom visual in Power BI allows us to customize the icon (here we …

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2021 Week 47 | Power BI: Custom Line Chart Formatting

Introduction This week we are continuing our design theme by working through a custom formatting hack for line charts. Conditional formatting in Power BI can be tricky at times, especially when trying to format different chart types.  If you are familiar with conditionally formatting a line chart, you’ll know that in the Data Colors section …

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2021 Week 46 | Power BI: Create a Color Contrast Calculator

Introduction This week we are continuing our design theme by making a report about report design. Color is a very important element in report design. Color contrast is not only important for accessibility, it’s also an element of visual hierarchy. You can also use color contrast as a way to make elements on your report …

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2021 Week 45 | Power BI: Create a Custom Navigation Experience

Introduction We hope that you had a lot of fun last week re-designing Spencer’s report! This week we’re also focusing on design and creating a custom navigation experience using bookmarks and buttons.  I am looking for a new place to live and stumbled upon the 2017 State of American Well-Being report. This PDF report details community well-being …

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Power BI report showing Dutch Bros coffee locations within a radius of a selected city

2021 Week 43 | Power BI: Maps with a Distance Radius

Introduction It’s the final week of mapping month! This week we are plotting points on a map within a selected radius. It’s common to want to see locations, such as stores or restaurants that are nearby to a selected location. This week we are exploring one way to do that in Power BI. This involves …

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