In this module you will learn how to use the Route Map Power BI Custom Visual.  The Route Map uses latitude, longitude, and time to show the trajectory of an object on a map.

Module 54 – Route Map

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• Power BI Custom Visual – Route Map
• Dataset – Vessel…

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In this module you will learn how to use the Play Axis Power BI Custom Visual.  The Play Axis visual works like a dynamic slicer that animates your other report visuals without needing to click every time you want to change your filter value.

Module 53 – Play Axis

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Welcome to a new series that I’m starting with a few colleagues at Pragmatic Works. The goal of this series is to document many design practices and solutions to problems that we often run into with customers. Each post will be accompanied by a video (found in the bottom under… Read more

In this module you will learn how to use the Bowtie Chart Power BI Custom Visual.  The Bowtie Chart visual is designed to show a flow of data from one process or category to another.

Module 52 – Bowtie Chart

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• Power BI Custom Visual – Bowtie Chart
• Dataset –…

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In this module you will learn how to use the Hierarchy Slicer Power BI Custom Visual.  The Hierarchy Slicer visual is a great way to filter your day but within a hierarchical view of your data.

Module 51 – Hierarchy Slicer

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• Power BI Custom Visual – Hierarchy Slicer
• Dataset…

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In this module you will learn how to use the Narrative Power BI Custom Visual.  The Narrative visual is developed by Narrative Science and it gives you the ability to automatically deliver analysis of your data.  The results look similar to a final report that a analyst might provide after… Read more

In this module you will learn how to use the SandDance Power BI Custom Visual.  The SandDance visual is an incredibly interactive visual that allows you to create insights to view your data in multiple ways and with animations.

Module 49 – SandDance

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• Power BI Custom Visual – SandDance

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In this module you will learn how to use the Time Brush Power BI Custom Visual.  The Time Brush gives you the ability both filter your report and see a graphics representation of your data at the same time. The name Time Brush comes from the behavior used when you… Read more

In this module you will learn how to use the Line Dot Chart Power BI Custom Visual.  The Line Dot Chart gives you the ability to make a more engaging line chart that can actually be animated across time.

Module 47 – Line Dot Chart

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In this module you will learn how to use the Table Sorter Power BI Custom Visual.  The Table Sorter allows you to rapidly re-sort and rank values by within a table.

Module 46 – Table Sorter

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• Power BI Custom Visual – Table Sorter
• Dataset – NFL Data.xlsx
• Completed Example…

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In this module you will learn how to use the Network Navigator Power BI Custom Visual.  You may find the need to use the Network Navigator when you’re trying to find links between different attributes in a dataset. It does this by visualizing each attribute as a node and the… Read more

In this module you will learn how to use the Attribute Slicer Power BI Custom Visual.  Using the Attribute Slicer you have the ability to filter your entire report while also being able to visibly see a measure value associated with each attribute.

Module 44 – Attribute Slicer

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In this module you will learn how to use the Gantt Power BI Custom Visual.  Using the Gantt chart you can easily visualize project timelines and deliverable completion.

Module 43 – Gantt

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• Power BI Custom Visual – Gantt
• Dataset – Project Progress.xlsx
• Completed Example – Module 43 – Gantt.pbix

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In this module you will learn how to use the Stars Power BI Custom Visual.  The Stars visual is a great way to visualize ratings data.

Module 42 – Stars

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• Power BI Custom Visual – Stars
• Dataset – Movie Ratings.xlsx
• Completed Example – Module 42 – Stars.pbix

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In this module you will learn how to use the Image Viewer Power BI Custom Visual.  The Image Viewer visual helps in displaying images based on an image URL stored in your data.

Module 41 – Image Viewer

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• Power BI Custom Visual – Image Viewer
• Dataset – Car Listings.xlsx

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In this module you will learn how to use the Long Text Viewer Power BI Custom Visual.  The Long Text Viewer visual helps in displaying longer text fields that you have in your dataset.

Module 40 – Long Text Viewer

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• Power BI Custom Visual – Long Text Viewer
• Dataset…

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In this module you will learn how to use the Waffle Chart Power BI Custom Visual.  The Waffle Chart visual is most useful for presenting a percentage of data. This chart is a great option to choose over other visuals like Pie Charts, which are not great at showing proportions… Read more

In this module you will learn how to use the Mekko Chart Power BI Custom Visual.  The Mekko Chart visual is helpful when you need to analyze two different dimensions on a single chart.

Module 38 – Mekko Chart

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• Power BI Custom Visual – Mekko Chart
• Dataset – Country…

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In this module you will learn how to use the Gap Analysis Power BI Custom Visual.  The Gap Analysis visual is used to analyze the difference between two different groups of data you have.  For example, you might use it to analyze the gap between two answers people gave in… Read more

In this module you will learn how to use the Box and Whiskers (Brad) Power BI Custom Visual.  This is the second of two Box and Whiskers visuals that we have covered (You can learn more about the first one here). The Box and Whiskers chart is used to… Read more