I recently had a requirement to fix the width of the Y-Axis and Y-Axis labels for two separate charts. For one chart, the axis width would adjust when sliced based…
Category: Custom Visualisations
Formatting Locale, Values and Tooltips in Deneb
When building a Deneb custom visual for a client I came across a scenario whereby the currency within the visual showed dollars in Bing browsers but British pounds in other…
Independent Scales with Deneb (Ring Chart)
A chart I created for a Workout Wednesday Challenge. The chart shows the number marriages by month and Australian State encoded by size as rings, and (given that each state…
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…
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…
Breaking the Rules
My latest Deneb creation breaks ALL THE RULES of Dataviz But. I like it! This is a visual I designed for myself. I’m fascinated with the human body and the…
Reversed Deviation Icicle Chart
A deviation icicle chart is an uncommon chart to show variance from a target or baseline value across time. There are a multitude of ways to show comparison to target…
On Patterns and Textures
*WARNING* This article contains images that may be potential vestibular and photosensitivity risk. In playing with Deneb this last year I had great fun exploring pattern fill options. This was…
Power BI + Adobe = Magic
Adobe Illustrator has been a tool in my dashboard design kit for quite a while. I’ve used it predominately for creating report assets such as icons, headers and backgrounds. I’ve…
Position with PureViz
This post is a continuation of my exploration of the latest updates on the PureViz custom visual for Power BI. In my previous post, I looked at colour fill and…