Category: Visualization

The Updates and Future of Visualization in Power BI — Interview with Zoe Douglas | Fabric Insider Ep. 2

Posted on by Reza Rad

Fabric Insider Series | Episode 2 | Interview with Zoe Douglas, Feature PM at Microsoft If you have been following Power BI for a while, you know that visualization has always been the area most visible to end-users — yet it has also been the area where some long-standing pain points have lived the longest. Read more about The Updates and Future of Visualization in Power BI — Interview with Zoe Douglas | Fabric Insider Ep. 2[…]

Bookmarks and Buttons: Making Power BI Charts Even More Interactive

Posted on by Reza Rad

In the previous post, I explained a usage of bookmarks and buttons in Power BI, which was for clearing all slicers. Buttons and bookmarks are the gold combination in Power BI. You can do wide range of creative activities with this combination. In this post, I will show you some other usages of buttons and Read more about Bookmarks and Buttons: Making Power BI Charts Even More Interactive[…]

Button Slicer Enhances the Power BI Visualization

Posted on by Reza Rad

The Button Slicer is one of the recent visuals that is very helpful in taking your report layout and visualization to the next level. Although this visual has been available for some time, many are still unfamiliar with its features. In this article and video, I’ll take you through this visual, its features, and how Read more about Button Slicer Enhances the Power BI Visualization[…]

New Card Visual: Add Images to the Card Visual

Posted on by Leila Etaati

One of the interesting features of the New Card visual is the capability to add images to the Card visual.It added more context to the car visual. In this blog post, I will show some data related to cancer in New Zealand based on gender and cancer type. Now I made two changes first if Read more about New Card Visual: Add Images to the Card Visual[…]

Set Power BI Data Color: All Visuals to Follow Same Color for the Same Data Point

Posted on by Reza Rad

You can set the color in every visual in Power BI easily. You can also set the color of multiple visuals at the same time using Themes. However, what if you want to set the same color for the same data point? For example, You want the Gender Female to be always colored Orange in Read more about Set Power BI Data Color: All Visuals to Follow Same Color for the Same Data Point[…]

TOP N Filter in Power BI with Zero DAX Code; Visual Level Filter

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I have previously written articles about how you can write a measure in DAX that helps with TOP N filtering. However, you may not need that calculation for many situations. If all you want is just simply to get the top 10 customers based on the sales amount, or bottom 5 products, etc, then you Read more about TOP N Filter in Power BI with Zero DAX Code; Visual Level Filter[…]

Power BI Design Tip; Design for Mobile Device

Posted on by Reza Rad

Power BI is a mobile-friendly reporting solution. Every report that you generate can be viewed on the Mobile too. However, it doesn’t mean that the report is designed for mobile, or in other words; it doesn’t mean that is it a mobile report page. You have to make some changes, and take some extra considerations for Read more about Power BI Design Tip; Design for Mobile Device[…]

Sparkline in Power BI

Posted on by Reza Rad

So you want to add a sparkline in a Power BI report and wonder how to do it. Fortunately, the Power BI team recently added that functionality, and it is very easy to use. In this blog and video, I’ll explain how it works through a demo. Video What is the Sparkline? Sparkline is a Read more about Sparkline in Power BI[…]

Power BI Icon Names for Conditional Formatting Using DAX

Posted on by Reza Rad

I have previously written about conditional formatting in Power BI, and how you can take one step further with using DAX to dynamically change the conditional formatting. Conditional formatting with DAX for colors is easy, you can use the color name or their hex code. But for Icons, it is slightly different. You can either Read more about Power BI Icon Names for Conditional Formatting Using DAX[…]

KPI Visual in Power BI Explained

Posted on by Reza Rad

If you are showing an important measure value in the report, and you want to compare it with a target and see if it meets the target or not, The KPI visual comes in handy. The KPI Visual’s behavior, however, might be a bit hard to understand, In this article and video, I explained how Read more about KPI Visual in Power BI Explained[…]