take power bi visualization to the next level... · 2017-10-02 · dw/bi consultant, mentor,...

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Take Power BI Visualization to the Next Level

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Reza Rad

RADACAD

Email : reza@radacad.com

Twitter : @Rad_Reza

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DW/BI Consultant, Mentor, Trainer, Speaker

Microsoft Data Platform MVP

Author of SQL Server and BI books

Author of Power BI from Rookie to Rock Star book

Power BI Trainer for thousands of Developers

Microsoft Certified Trainer

Microsoft Certified Professional

Co-Leader of NZ BI User Group

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Agenda

• Importance of Visualization

• Mobility

• Interactivity

• Grouping and Binning

• Custom Visuals

• Choosing the Right Visual/Chart• Map• Line Chart• Bar/Column Chart• Scatter• Table/Matrix• Combo Chart

• Colors

Importance of Visualization

Find the biggest number

With Variety of Colors

Chart?

Visualization Can Tell Stories

Bad Visualization = No Insight

Charts Are Not the Problem

Design for Mobile

http://www.smartinsights.com/mobile-marketing/mobile-marketing-analytics/mobile-marketing-statistics/

Power BI for Mobile

There are officially more mobile devices than people in the world** Independent Magazine

Global Mobile Traffic Growth by Device Type ** Cisco

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/service-provider/visual-networking-index-vni/mobile-white-paper-c11-520862.html

Control the Interaction of Visuals

FilteringHighlightingNone

Grouping and Binning

Creating Groups on the FlyTell Story of one category vs others

Binning

NumbersDate/Time

Custom Visuals

Extend Possibilities

• 5 Different Ways of Showing Map in Power BI• Map Visual

• Filled Map Visual

• Shape Map Visual

• Custom Visuals (Such as Synoptic Panel by OKViz)

• ArcGIS (ESRI)

• Add more insight to map by new layers

Line Chart

• Trend Analysis

You can show Multiple Measures

Column/Bar Chart

• Shows information in Categories

• Best for Comparing Categories

• Types• Clustered

• Stacked

• Clustered - Stacked

Gender by Education Diversity

What about Clustered Chart?

Scatter Chart

• Perfect for visualizing up to 3 measures

• With the trend over time

Table and Matrix

• Conditional Formatting

• Why so many tables without conditional formatting?!!!!

Combo Chart

• Two measures not at the same Scale

• % and $ or Qty

Enhance Visualizations

• Filtering

• Sorting

• Data Labels

Colors

Color Wheel

https://blog.kissmetrics.com/art-of-color-coordination/?wide=1

Warm / Cool Colors

• Reference: http://lifehacker.com/learn-the-basics-of-color-theory-to-know-what-looks-goo-1608972072

Color Harmonies (Schemes)

Variations; Hue, Tint, Tone, Shade

• Reference: http://lifehacker.com/learn-the-basics-of-color-theory-to-know-what-looks-goo-1608972072

Is it still hard to select colors?

http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/most-views/all-time/meta

Color Blindness

• 1 in 12 men (8%)

• 1 in 200 women (0.5%)

• Average: ~ 4%

What Color Blind Would See?

Red/green Color Blind Red/green Color Blind Blue/Yellow Color Blind

http://www.colourblindawareness.org/colour-blindness/

Summary

• Importance of Visualization

• Mobility

• Interactivity

• Grouping and Binning

• Custom Visuals

• Choosing the Right Visual/Chart• Map• Line Chart• Bar/Column Chart• Scatter• Table/Matrix• Combo Chart

• Colors

References to Study More• Power BI online Book

• http://www.radacad.com/online-book-power-bi-from-rookie-to-rockstar

• (Download all Demos and examples from here)

• Alberto Cairo’s Books and articles

• http://www.thefunctionalart.com/

• Visualization Sessions in PASS Summit• My Favorite Pie (Chart ) – Markus Ehrenmueller – Summit 16• A Bigger Boat – Mark Vaillancourt – Summit 15

• Stephen Few; Books and Workshops

• https://www.perceptualedge.com/

• Devin Knight’s Custom Visual Blog Series

• https://devinknightsql.com/category/power-bi-custom-visuals/

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take power bi visualization to the next level... · 2017-10-02 · dw/bi consultant, mentor,...

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