Here are our Top 5 most popular Power BI Tips videos over the last 12 months Conditional Formatting on a line chart Switch Measures using a slicer Change the data source from CSV to SQL Easily Add a date dimension table Data Visualisation Best Practice https://youtu.be/rPfpYyyfy38 #powerbi #selectdistinct

1. Our Top 5 Power BI Tips Videos
(October 2022)

2. Our Top 5 Power BI Videos – Number 5
Conditional Formatting on a line chart
https://youtu.be/NNBbhgTqY40
Have you ever needed to use conditional formatting on a
line chart in Power BI?
Power BI does not have the option, but here is a
workaround using a technique that starts off with a stacked
bar chart, sets the formatting, then change to a line chart

3. Our Top 5 Power BI Videos – Number 4
Switch Measures using a slicer
https://youtu.be/2EMHI6BMOpU
Being able to change a measure dynamically using a slicer is
a great way to increase the flexibility of your reports
This example video demonstrates how to use a slicer to
toggle between Sales value, Units Sold and Profit

4. Our Top 5 Power BI Videos – Number 3
Change the data source from CSV to SQL
https://youtu.be/aam6H_EJQ54
Changing from a static data source to a refreshable data
source such as SQL is not straight forward
But this video shows how to do it the easy way and
minimise the amount of work done to make sure all your
visuals still work

5. Our Top 5 Power BI Videos – Number 2
Easily Add a date dimension table
https://youtu.be/9kWdjdu2_X4
This video shows you how you can create a really useful
date dimension table, by copying, pasting and editing the
code to create a new table
Form there you can set the relationship to any date field
and use the new fields to group your dates into the most
commonly used date fields

6. Our Top 5 Power BI Videos – Number 1
Data Visualisation Best Practice
https://youtu.be/-LtQfxKg9Gg
• Have a PLAN
• Know your audience
• What type of dashboard?
• Data Types
• Use Appropriate Charts
• Make best use of space
• Refine the design
• Examples of Good and Bad

7. Hope you find these useful

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