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EXPLORATIONS IN DATA STORYTELLING WITH POWER BI

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Category: Custom Visualisations

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…

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Published September 29, 2022
Categorized as Charticulator, How To's

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…

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Published September 29, 2022
Categorized as Deneb, Experimentation, Infographic

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…

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Published September 5, 2022
Categorized as Custom Visualisations, Deneb, Experimentation

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…

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Published May 25, 2022
Categorized as DataViz, Deneb, Musings

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…

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Published April 22, 2022
Categorized as Creative, DataViz, Deneb, Experimentation, Musings

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…

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Published April 11, 2022
Categorized as Creative, Experimentation, How To's, Infographic, PureViz

Comics with PureViz

I recently discovered a new feature in PowerPoint – “Cartoon People”. It offers the ability to mix and match bodies, faces and expressions and looked quite a bit of fun.…

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Published April 2, 2022
Categorized as Custom Visualisations, Infographic, PureViz

Thinking about target bands

I’ve come across many charts like this in the wild. This one depicts utilisation and RAG status by month. They’re not bad charts, they serve a purpose, but they could…

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Published March 4, 2022
Categorized as DataViz, Deneb, Experimentation

Legend for a layered plot in Deneb

I came across this dataviz in my Twitter feed and it instantly drew my attention: My interest was in the aesthetics of the visual and not the subject matter. I…

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Published January 9, 2022
Categorized as Deneb

Images and custom shapes in Deneb

Over the past few months, I’ve had considerable fun exploring images and custom shapes with Deneb Custom visual for Power BI. I’ve finally gotten around to blogging about it. There…

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Published January 6, 2022
Categorized as Custom Visualisations, Deneb, Experimentation, Vega-Lite

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