That’s it! I’ve done it! I’ve officially hit Peak Geek I cannot possibly imagine creating an image geekier than the one below: For those that need the explanation, the image…
Folding (Unpivot Data) with Vega-Lite & Deneb
Creating a bar chart with Deneb is relatively simple when using a category field and a measure. But what about when you have only measures? In this particular scenario, I…
Earworms and T-Shirts
I recently had an earworm “Shut Up and Dance with Me” reverberating in my brain whilst I was working and… going off in the the tangents that I do… drew…
Smoothed lines with Core Visuals vs. Deneb
July 2023 Power BI desktop update now has new line type option of “smooth”. This is the equivalent of of spline interpolation of cubic monotone. Other examples of interpolation are…
Drop the Drop Shadows!
*WARNING* This article contains images that may be potential vestibular and photosensitivity risk. Drop shadows should be used with caution in UI/UX design. When overused or poorly implemented, drop shadows can…
Adding sparklines to New Card Visual
The New Card Visual is out in preview for the June 2023 Power BI Desktop – and it’s absolutely fantastic. With this first drop of the Card Visual we can…
Measure-driven data labels
May 2023 Power BI Desktop brought the beginnings of measure-driven data labels. Currently available on bar and line charts, but not yet scatter charts. With measure-driven data labels you are…
KPI trend indicators on Core Visuals
With the February and March 2023 Desktop releases comes more features enabling us to enhance our KPI visualisations out of the box. This article talks specifically to the DAX function…
Visualise Filters Applied
Creating a DAX measure to notify filters have been applied to a report is helpful when there are hidden slicer or filter panels.
Custom path axis with Charticulator
If there is one stand-out feature of Charticulator… …it is the ease at which we can design data visualisations along custom path axes. If you’re into the technical details, there…