R Visuals or Custom Visuals in Microsoft Power BI?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Over the past few years, there has been a movement in R to create packages that bind to JavaScript libraries to make R more interactive. Notably, htmlwidgets and rCharts are two examples that come to mind. In an…
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R Maps in Microsoft Power BI: Small Multiples
Reading Time: 5 minutes After an initial introduction to R maps in Power BI, let’s explore another topic: small multiples. This technique is used to make comparisons by showing variations of the same map plotted together in a grid. It is not limited to…
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Microsoft Power BI Enhanced Scatter Shape Reference
Reading Time: < 1 minute One of the custom visuals that I regularly use in Power BI is the Enhanced Scatter. While there are many unique properties that offer enhancements over the regular scatter chart, Shape is one of the less intuitive ones. By dragging either a measure or column into…
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R Maps in Microsoft Power BI: Getting Started
Reading Time: 8 minutes Are you using maps in Power BI but desire more control over the final visual? The following tutorial introduces the potential for using R to move beyond the default maps in Power BI. Starting with basics, we will step through a series…
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Microsoft Power BI Color Reference
Reading Time: 2 minutes For certain Power BI visuals (such as R), the color picker is not always available. Recently, I took some time to document the default color palette.
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