The document outlines advanced data visualization techniques in Power BI, focusing on various chart types such as column, bar, line, and combo charts, along with their enhancements. It also discusses the importance of layout, filters versus slicers, and custom visuals like R charts and maps. Additionally, it provides resources for downloading Power BI and accessing updates for better usage.

1. DATAVIZTECHNIQUES
In Power BI

2. About Me
Angel
Abundez
angel@designmind.com designmind.com/blog
@angelstreamline

3. Agenda
• Create DataVisualizations
• Write DAX columns and measures
• Tie it all together on Report or
Dashboard
3 ROUNDS
Get more advanced with each Viz
Workout
Of The
Day

4. VIZZES IN ACTION
Fundamental Charts

5. Vizzes in Action: Column Charts
• Comparitive Analysis by Category
• Snaz it up:
• Tooltips
• Color Saturation
• Legend (i.e. Color Encoding)
• Reference Line
• Manual
• Data-Driven (see Combo Charts)

6. Vizzes in Action: Bar Charts
• Comparitive Analysis by Category
• Snaz it up:
• Tooltips
• Color Saturation
• Legend (i.e. Color Encoding)
• Manual Reference Line

7. Vizzes in Action: Line Charts
• Trend data over time
• Enhance:
• Time Categories
• Drill-down
• Data Labels
• Area Graphs

8. Vizzes in Action:Tables, Pivots, Cards
• Textual data
• Pivot,Table, Card
• Enhancements:
• Remove Grid (under Grid)
• Alternate Rows ( underValues)
• Totals on/off (under General)
• Conditional Formatting

9. Vizzes in Action: Combo Chart
• Plot two measures, one line, one column
• Good for quotas and targets
• Enhance
• Fill Point
• Dual Axis

10. Vizzes in Action: Layout
• Edit Interactions
• Drill
• Cosmetics:
• AddTitles
• Align and Distribute
• Leave whitespace
• Encode with the uniform color

11. VIZZES IN ACTION
AdvancedVisualizations
Filters vs Slicers
Scatter Plot
Filters vs Slicers

12. Vizzes in Action: Filters
• Filters
• Page-level
• Report-level
• Visual-level
• Slicers
Use canvas for reporting
Leverage Filter Criteria

13. AdvancedViz: Scatter Plot
• Plotting two measures
• Viewing Distributions
• Enhance
• Fill Point
• PlayAxis

14. AdvancedViz: Maps
• Automatic Geocoding
• City
• State
• Zip
• Country
• Auto zoom

15. VIZZES IN ACTION
AdditionalVisualizations
CustomVisuals
R Line Charts
R Maps

16. CustomVisuals Gallery
• SQLBI
• Smart Filter
• Synoptic Panel

17. R-Visuals: Process Control Charts
• When Line Charts aren’t enough
• Useful packages:
• ggplot2

18. R-Visuals: Maps
• Useful packages:
• maps
• geosphere
• mapproj

19. Resources
• Download Power BI Desktop, Gateways, Mobile
• https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/
• Updates to the Power BI service:
• https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-service-whats-new/
• Updates to Power BI Desktop (last month's + archive):
• https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-desktop-latest-update/
• https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-desktop-latest-update-
archive/
• Quick DAX Calculation Reference:
https://github.com/aabundez/MSBITraining/blob/master/DAX/Demo%20Calculati
ons.dax