In this tutorial, I want to show you a simple but powerful trick in Power BI: how to use a slicer to highlight a bar in a bar chart instead of filtering it. It’s one of those small tweaks that can have a big impact on how you present your data (and how easy it is for the end-user to understand it).
How to Highlight Data Dynamically in Power BI with Slicers (Instead of Filtering) Read More »
A burndown chart in Power BI is a powerful data visualization tool for project managers, BI/IT teams, and stakeholders. It tracks and displays hours spent, planned, and remaining in a clear and actionable format. By providing real-time insights, it helps identify whether a project is on track, delayed, or at risk of exceeding its budget, enabling timely interventions and better decision-making
Burndown Chart in Power BI – Visualizing Project Progress Read More »
Power BI accessibility best practices to understand all of the functionality Power BI offers. Some of this functionality needs to be configured by the user, like the alternative text and the tab order. When creating reports, we should always consider and design for the target audience. Most aspects that increase accessibility will help all users understand and work better with Power BI reports. For example, adding context by using meaningful titles and subtitles and choosing a color scheme that a broad range of users can use improves user experience in general.
Power BI Accessibility Best Practices for reports and dashboards Read More »
November 2023 I presented my session “Storytelling & Power BI – Creating Power BI reports that connect with different audiences.
Speaking @ Data Weekender (online) Read More »
By creating a Power BI dashboard that is free of clutter, audience comprehension is greatly improved. Providing more relevant information can significantly enhance the understanding of visual data.
Power BI Makeover – A three step process Read More »
A few months ago Microsoft introduced the new NETWORKDAYS DAX functions. This function is really helpful to calculate working days excluding the weekend (which you can choose yourself since not everyone has weekends on Saturday and Sunday).
Networkdays in Power BI Read More »
Map visualizations in a (Power BI) dashboard are a great way to provide deeper insights into data containing geo information. Power BI offers several map visualization.
Data Labels on Map Visualizations in Power BI Read More »
When creating a dashboard you may want to provide extra information for visualizations (for example when the definition of measurements is specific). Instead of putting additional text on your dashboard, you can also use a button, image, or shape. When the user hovers over it the explanation can be shown as text. This way you can provide further information without too many extra steps.
Information Button in Power BI Read More »
An easy way to create a heatmap in Power BI is using the Matrix visual in combination with conditional formatting. I will show you how you can create a visual like this.
Heatmap in Power BI Read More »
Recently I participated in a data visualization challenge where I used one bar chart in Power BI to visualize as well the top 3 and bottom 3 products in a table.
Here you can find the steps I took to get the chart!
Top & Botttom 3 in Power BI Read More »