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…
Category: How To’s
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…
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…
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…
Quick Chart Makeover
I came across this Global Views on Abortion Report which showed the following graph: It was great to compare support for permitting abortion across different countries, but it was a…
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…
Raincloud Plots with Deneb
Raincloud plots are a relatively recent and effective addition to the data visualisation toolkit comprising three parts: 1) distributions as density (half-violin plot); 2) summary statistics (box plot) and 3)…
Faceted Charts with Deneb
Another creation from a Makeover Monday challenge using Deneb custom visual for Power BI. The original visualisation by Visual Capitalist can be found here. I thought I’d make a slight…