visualizations

You can lead an analyst to data, but…

In part II of this series I continue to recreate some of the visualizations from the book “Knowledge is Beautiful” by David McCandless in…

Today we start the preview of Smart Filter Pro. This is the first commercial custom visual produced by OKViz and it will be in preview until the end of 2018

Smart Filter is a Power BI visual that works like a slicer and can be connected to multiple data columns. Smart Filter is available for free in the Marketplace. Smart Filter Pro is the premium version…

Sometimes when your working on a line chart you want the x-axis to stay centered on a chart. This tutorial will walk you through how [...]

Here's a scenario to consider: A Data Analyst is told to prepare a report. She has reams of figures ahead of her, and she’s a pro, so she sifts and sums, weaving through the numbers and finding precis…

Things have a way of repeating themselves, and it can be useful to highlight these patterns in data.

An attempt to use the features of Power BI to explore, analyze and watch the FIFA World Cup 2018. Experience the game and its analysis the way it ought to be. Navigate and interact with the visuals to…

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A classification of chart types based on their input data format.

With the finals just around the corner, hope you will enjoy exploring the main statistics of the world cup! :)...

This week I’m starting a new series of posts aiming to leverage Power BI to visualize data about a current event for that week. With the World Cup coming to an end today, I wanted to share so…

In addition to using SVG in the HTML Viewer custom visual as outlined in previous posts (Part 1, Part 2), Power BI allows you to work with SVG images as Image URLs. The following technique is avail…

In my recent BlueGranite post on Bookmarks, I demonstrated how you can employ Power BI’s HTML Viewer custom visual for data-driven images. In a series of two posts on the DataVeld blog, IR…

In Part 1, you saw how to view SVG images using the HTML Viewer custom visual in Power BI. Apart from some conveniences like changing the color and resizing without losing quality, SVG may seem lik…

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Join Charles Sterling and Sam Gehret as they walk through how Mapbox and Power BI can use location data to tell your story using next generation maps. When: 7/19/18 Time: 10:00 AM PST watch?v=XtMqnls8dpE

This is part 2 of a series of posts I'm writing on my past school year using various edtech tools for data-driven interventions.

(2018-July-25) I like the ESRI company slogan, "The Science of Where". Hopefully, it will help someone not to get lost in the myriads of ge...

Using layout images in Power BI has become a popular design trend. When I say layout images, I'm referring to background images with shapes around areas where visuals are placed. This is different fro…

(2018-July-29) My initial attempt to explore and test the ArcGIS Map paid version continued after receiving a response from the ESRI suppor...

Reid Havens covers cover building a KPI scorecard with custom visuals in Power BI. Learn about some great custom visuals in conjunction with DAX calculations to build out a quality scorecard template to use in your business.

Since March of 2016 PowerBI.Tips has been providing Free Tutorials to users of Power BI. Follow this link to see all the great, and free Tutorials provided by PowerBI.Tips to help make you an effective data analyst. Learn more at PowerBI.Tips

This Power BI report provides the DAX reference \ Cheat sheet. This report extracts the data from the Dax references from the below MSDN link. The Web Data source and Add tables using using Examples h…

Using svg graphics to create information dense data visualizations often called microcharts or sparklines using the table and matrix visual in Power BI.

All posts A new update of Smart Filter Pro is available now! You can download and upgrade your reports by installing this new version in the Organizational Custom Visuals repository. The version v2.0.…

The excellent work that David Eldersveld has been doing recently on using SVG images in Power BI has generated a lot of interest; now that the August 2018 release of Power BI Desktop allows you to …

I’ve just come across an interesting new project from Microsoft Research called Charticulator. It’s described as a tool for the “Interactive Construction of Bespoke Chart Layouts”, and you ca…