Reading Time: 2 minutes UPDATE: April 2, 2021 – this post was published as satire on April Fool’s Day and is not factual In a surprise move, Microsoft has decided to bring data visualization to Power BI. Long considered a…
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Power BI: What Happens if I Create a Report with a Vertical Layout (Portrait Mode)?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The default Power BI report layout uses a landscape orientation. While it’s not common to see report pages that use portrait mode, Prathy Kamasani (blog/twitter) has a notable example in Power BI here. Others have tried…
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A Primer for the Microsoft Power BI Color Picker
Reading Time: 3 minutes UPDATED February 2021: With the February 2021 release of Power BI Desktop, this color picker is in use everywhere. The original post below references its initial introduction into a single area of Power BI Desktop. ORIGINAL…
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3D Effect with Orthographic Projection in Power BI
Reading Time: 4 minutes Orthographic projection is a way to use two-dimensional space to represent three-dimensional objects. In Microsoft Power BI, this 3D effect can be achieved quite easily if you have a set of coordinates in three separate columns…
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Videos for the Power BI Periodic Table of the Elements
Reading Time: < 1 minute A few days ago, I published my Power BI Periodic Table of the Elements visualization to the Data Stories Gallery. I have received a few requests since then asking about certain aspects of the report….
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