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 …
2024 Week 49 | Power BI: Visualize Ranges with Percentiles Read More
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 …
2024 Week 48 | Power BI: Use a Calendar as a Filter Read More
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, …
Introduction Utilising the dataset from a previous challenge (week 43), this week we are going to build a bubble likert chart. Likerts are usually ordered categorical data, and often it does not make sense to convert categories to a numerical score to find averages. Sometimes, likerts can be treated as interval data. https://www.scribbr.com/methodology/likert-scale/. For the …
Introduction A bump chart shows changes in rank over time. This week, inspired by a visual from Statista Charts, we are making a bump chart of the countries with the highest GDP in 3 selected years. The example below uses a ribbon chart core visual to create the bump chart, but you are welcome to use …
Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! I’m nearing the end of my 4th year contributing to this incredible initiative, and quite honestly, I am running out of ideas! This week I went to the Fabric Data Stories Gallery to look at reports that have inspired me, and I was reminded of this incredible report that Jason Thomas …
2024 Week 44 | Power BI: Community Appreciation – SQLJason Read More
Introduction This week’s challenge is to test your data storytelling skills and enhance a line chart of service desk survey responses to focus attention on important aspects. No solution file provided this week. Requirements Obtain the data Model Data Create a chart showing survey response trends Dataset This week’s dataset is downloadable from Github https://github.com/kolky001/Workout-Wednesday-2023/blob/main/Help%20Desk.xlsx …
Introduction Scatterplots are one of the most useful visual chart types for data exploration. You can use them to identify relationships among two or more variables, find clusters of data, encode data in several ways for communicating insights etc. This is especially useful when working with large datasets. In this WoW challenge, our goal is to use marker …
2024 Week 42 | Power BI: Scatter Plot Dynamic Colour Density Read More
Introduction There are a few ways to visualize movement in Power BI. This week, we are visualizing race cars moving on a track. The example report below uses Deneb, but you could also complete this challenge by combining a custom visual and the Play Axis visual. In the report below, once you click the Go …
2024 Week 41 | Power BI: Visualize a Drag Race with Animation Read More
Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday. This week we’re extending the #FabConEurope edition of Workout Wednesday. We’re hosting a contest and three winners will receive a 30-minute one-on-one mentoring session with one of the three Workout Wednesday hosts. For more information on how to enter, see contest details below. Requirements Get and transform data Get …
2024 Week 40 | Power BI: #FabConEurope Edition – Contest Deadline Extended! Read More
