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2023 Week 15 | Power BI: What-if parameters inspired by Makeover Monday

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week we’re using a Makeover Monday dataset that was inspired by Andy Kriebel’s post on Twitter (dataviz inception!). Andy has been working through Makeover Monday challenges in Power BI, and I thought it would be a good opportunity for us to do some of these together! This week’s challenge uses what-if parameters, a …

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2023 Week 14 | Power BI: Word Cloud and Modulo

Introduction This week’s challenge is inspired by recent Twitter activities. We are creating a word cloud containing common misspellings in the US. Requirements Power Query Obtain the dataset from https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11357183/Google-search-data-reveals-commonly-misspelled-words-spell-correctly.html OR https://github.com/kolky001/Workout-Wednesday-2023/blob/main/Misspellings Transform and load data HINT : Add Index column, create modulo column, unpivot data Power BI Desktop Obtain Word Cloud custom visual from …

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2023 Week 12 | Power BI: Are your reports accessible?

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week we’re taking a note out of Meagan’s book and looking at existing reports to ensure they’re accessible to our end-users.  Creating accessible Power BI reports isn’t just a nice-to-have feature, but a crucial aspect for ensuring all users can access and understand your data. Don’t let accessibility …

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2023 Week 10 | Power BI: Mapping Cities with Michelin Star Restaurants

Introduction Note from the Editor: This week we have our first bilingual WoW for Power BI! Below you will find both the Spanish and English instructions for the exercise. Please note that the solution video is in Spanish, but auto-generated captions are available in English. If you enjoyed this, please let us know in the …

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2023 Week 08 | Power BI: Create an interactive resume

Introduction Welcome back to Workout Wednesday! This week we will use Power BI to build an interactive resume. This challenge is for a few different audiences. 1) Job seekers – feel free to use this template, plug in your information, make design tweaks, and post this to your portfolio! 2) Data vizzers – use the starter …

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2023 Week 05 | Power BI: Visualize the Oscars with an Isotype/Pictogram Chart

Introduction Hello and welcome back to Workout Wednesday! If you’re joining us for the first time, be sure to check out our complete list of challenges. This week we’re looking at data from the American Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars. The Oscars are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American film industry …

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2022 Week 52 | Power BI: Image Carousel

Introduction “Hot days, warm nights, beaches, backyard cricket and Christmas celebrations are all part of summer in the Southern Hemisphere.” This week we will be connecting to a public flickr photo gallery from the State Library of South Australia, to create an image carousel using a custom visual from AppSource. Requirements Power Query Connect to the …

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