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The past couple of months have been a whirlwind for the Power BI team! Our engineering team has continued to work hard to release many features that many of you have been anticipating. Here’s a quick…

Power BI User groups (PUG) are groups for great people like you (yes, you reading this!) to get together with other awesome people to talk, discuss, and share experiences, questions, and more around Power BI. These groups can have live or virtual meetings so you can choose how to engage or contribute in a way that fits your schedule. In celebration of the start of the Power BI World Tour, and thanks to the new Power BI custom connectors, I was able to create my own custom connector, get the data from the PUGs that I found on meetup.com, create a really simple data model, and then create the...

I have decided to write a series of blog posts about visual design concepts that can have a big impa...

Preattentive attributes are visual properties that we notice without using conscious effort to do so. Preattentive processes take place within 200ms after exposure to a visual stimulus, and do not req…

It’s no secret that PowerApps and Power BI are related or so you might think considering that both products have the word “power” in their names. Although Microsoft is yet to offi…

The Gestalt principles of visual perception describe how humans tend to organize visual elements into groups or unified wholes to help us make sense of visual stimuli. Basically, we perceive the vi…

Data visualization should be iterative. You should get a good initial draft put together and then check to make sure it meets your success criteria. Then check the design to ensure it it effectivel…

A blog about Power BI, SQL Server Analysis Services (Multidimensional and Tabular), MDX, DAX, Power Pivot, Power Query, M, Power Map and Excel for BI

Where to deploy your Power BI Report? My Workspace? Regular Workspace? What about Apps? Adam breaks it down to help you make the right choice and understand why it matters!

Problems with non-additive DAX calculations

A common question is why Power BI totals are inaccurate because they do not display the sum of individual rows. In this video, we explain the reasons why th

Learn about an up and coming external tool that makes it easy to identify and KILL unused measures and columns from a Power BI dataset (PBIX). Gregor Brunner will walk us through how to use this great tool, how it works, and more. Tune in to find out! Video by: Reid Havens

In this article, we explore Power BI App Audiences and why they are such a powerful feature for managing and using content in Power BI Apps.

In this blog, we’ll cover the importance of gathering event activity data, and how to utilize the REST APIs effectively to do so.

Adding Visual Flare In Power BI With Background Colors Hello P3 Nation! Today’s “post” is going to be a video link. Sometimes there are certain subjects, concepts, or post ideas that just don’t transl…

In this module you will learn how to use the Impact Bubble Chart Custom Visual.  The Impact Bubble Chart is an animated bubble chart that allows you to compare two entities against each other. Modu…

Collection of data visualizations to get inspired and finding the right type.

Histograms require some statistical knowledge to grasp, and without the tidbits, the distribution chart looks like any other bar chart. So much more though. They can show a lot about your data, and…

Learn everything you should know about data dashboards: why you need them, their benefits and dashboard examples & templates to illustrate.

Traditional dashboards are good at showing a full-status picture all at once. Visual analytics tools are great for flexible exploration. But neither of those solutions were designed to tell stories with data. Data storytelling is a new model for communicating information to an audience using

From sensitivity analysis to the magic of a 2x2 matrix to venn diagrams, learn how to convert your data/analysis into simple yet powerful visualizations.

I’d like to drop some Power BI design practice knowledge. I’m going to share some of my best Power BI visual design practices I’ve developed over the years.

I recently came across a requirement to report the number of devices owned by customers, along with the age of each of the devices (how long it had been in service). The idea behind it was to be ab…

In this module you will learn how to use the Drilldown Choropleth Custom Visual.  The Drilldown Choropleth is a map visual that displays divided regions that are highlighted indicating the relative…

Here are the 12 best data visualizations that demonstrate creativity and innovation. See the best static & interactive examples of all time!

Asking the right data analysis questions is crucial for getting accurate, actionable insights from your data analytics. Learn more here!

What is a dashboard? It is, or it should be, a visual display of the most important information needed to achieve one or more objectives, consolidated and a

Daily and weekly sales reports make it easy to track your sales team’s performance. Find here 11 sales report examples to help you out.