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Take Power BI Visualization to the Next Level
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Reza Rad
RADACAD
Email : [email protected]
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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
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Importance of Visualization
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Find the biggest number
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With Variety of Colors
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Chart?
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Visualization Can Tell Stories
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Bad Visualization = No Insight
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Charts Are Not the Problem
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Design for Mobile
http://www.smartinsights.com/mobile-marketing/mobile-marketing-analytics/mobile-marketing-statistics/
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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
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Control the Interaction of Visuals
FilteringHighlightingNone
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Grouping and Binning
Creating Groups on the FlyTell Story of one category vs others
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Binning
NumbersDate/Time
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Custom Visuals
Extend Possibilities
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Map
• 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
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Line Chart
• Trend Analysis
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You can show Multiple Measures
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Column/Bar Chart
• Shows information in Categories
• Best for Comparing Categories
• Types• Clustered
• Stacked
• Clustered - Stacked
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Gender by Education Diversity
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What about Clustered Chart?
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Scatter Chart
• Perfect for visualizing up to 3 measures
• With the trend over time
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Table and Matrix
• Conditional Formatting
• Why so many tables without conditional formatting?!!!!
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Combo Chart
• Two measures not at the same Scale
• % and $ or Qty
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Enhance Visualizations
• Filtering
• Sorting
• Data Labels
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Colors
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Color Wheel
https://blog.kissmetrics.com/art-of-color-coordination/?wide=1
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Warm / Cool Colors
• Reference: http://lifehacker.com/learn-the-basics-of-color-theory-to-know-what-looks-goo-1608972072
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Color Harmonies (Schemes)
https://blog.kissmetrics.com/art-of-color-coordination/?wide=1
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Color Harmonies (Schemes)
https://blog.kissmetrics.com/art-of-color-coordination/?wide=1
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Variations; Hue, Tint, Tone, Shade
• Reference: http://lifehacker.com/learn-the-basics-of-color-theory-to-know-what-looks-goo-1608972072
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Is it still hard to select colors?
http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/most-views/all-time/meta
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Color Blindness
• 1 in 12 men (8%)
• 1 in 200 women (0.5%)
• Average: ~ 4%
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What Color Blind Would See?
Red/green Color Blind Red/green Color Blind Blue/Yellow Color Blind
http://www.colourblindawareness.org/colour-blindness/
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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
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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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