Introduction There are times where we want to compare categorical data with a total, perhaps an average. And sometimes we don’t want to see that total at the bottom of a table. So this week we are creating a bar chart that contains a “total average” bar. We want the bar chart sorted descending by …
2025 Week 5 | Power BI: Add an All Category to a Bar Chart Read More »
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 …
2025 Week 2 | Power BI: Ice Thickness Infographic with Core Visuals Read More »
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 …
2024 Week 50 | Power BI: Happy Holidays! Embed a video in a Power BI report Read More »
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 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 Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week’s challenge is purely dataviz – there is no data transformation involved. A huge thanks to our friend and colleague Zoe Douglas for providing us with a beautiful and fun report to recreate. Find the data and instructions to complete the challenge below, and as always, have fun! Requirements …
2024 Week 28 | Power BI: Create custom navigation with Zoe Douglas Read More »
Introduction Power BI reports have a theme that specifies the default colors, fonts, and visual styles. In Power BI Desktop, you can choose to use a built-in theme, start with a built-in theme and customize it, or create your own theme. In addition to the primary data colors, we can also define sentiment colors and divergent …
2024 Week 26 | Power BI: Reference Theme Sentiment Colors in DAX Read More »
Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week’s challenge is purely dataviz – there is no data transformation involved. You have the pleasure of either recreating or making over the stunning sample report provided by the Power BI core visuals team. This report is beautiful to look at and was built to demonstrate some of the …
2024 Week 24 | Power BI: Get creative with the Power BI Core Visuals team Read More »
