In almost a decade of building Power BI reports, a common blind spot I still see from colleagues regards data point limits in core visuals — largely unnoticed until someone…
Category: DataViz
Power BI + Graphic Walker Online: A Tableau-like Interface for Vega-Lite
If you’ve ever wanted the flexibility of Deneb but felt overwhelmed by its code-first approach, Graphic Walker Online could be a good bridge. Graphic Walker is posited as Tableau-style front…
Care with Proportional Data Bars
Power BI’s data bars in matrix visuals can be a helpful way to visualize numeric values quickly. However, they have limited formatting options that can impact how easily users interpret…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Convert to Shape
A PowerPoint Quick Trick I found myself needing to create some chart icons this week and I was without my trusty Adobe Illustrator. I instead brought out PowerPoint and began…
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…