Recently I was asked how to only show the data for the last date in a Microsoft Power BI dataset. I immediately said “DAX”, but ended up with some complexity that was not necessary. After some rounds with DAX and M, my “aha” moment occurred. Actually, it was more my “inner data modeler” saying “Belinda…. Get With It!”
Filters… Filters is all that is needed. Watch this video and see how easy it is
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The Microsoft Power BI Matrix visual has more features waiting to be unlocked with formatting. In this Tiny tip, I will show you some of my preferred formatting options. Specifically, I will show:
The last feature can be a real space saver when you have a lot of data, and it can allow you to have a larger font for easier reading without the need to scroll.
Microsoft Power BI has a cool feature in Preview, that allows you to split a single visual into multiple visuals based on a filter. In this video, I take Sales by Customer Class (Group/Category), create small multiples based on the class, and make the axis a class for Items sold. This feature works on several of the “out of the box” visuals. In the attached video, I will use a clustered column chart and a line and clustered column chart.
I love using this feature when the visual (using the small multiples) is the only visual on the page, taking the entire page.
I will also show you some formatting options for small multiples as well.
Super cool feature Microsoft!
In this Tiny Tip, Belinda will show you how to use a new feature to do something cool, using Microsoft Power BI.
In this report, there is a page that is Sales by category, with a slicer that displays countries. There is a similar page, that displays a table with sales line details. The slicer on the detail page is sync’d with the first page.
Belinda will Insert > Shape, selecting a triangle. The April 2021 update has many more shape options. Another great option for this example, opposed to the Triangle, would have been right arrow or the chevron.
Belinda will format the triangle and add an Action to the shape, on the Format shape pane. The action assigned will be Page Navigation, then select the detailed page.
Now, with a simple click in the web service (or a Ctrl+click in the desktop), users can easily navigate from one page to the next.
Do you ever wish you could copy a value or a table in a Microsoft Power BI Report? Well, you can! Watch Belinda show you just how simple it is!
Sometimes a query in Microsoft Power BI will have so many fields that it is cumbersome. In this Tiny Tip, I will show you how to use folders to organize the query, making it easier to find the fields.
In this Tiny Tip, I will show you how to break up a big flat query in the Microsoft Power BI Query Editor using Reference. This will prevent you from having to import the same data into your data model multiple times.
One of the first things I do when I start creating a Microsoft Power BI report is create a template page, which I call Blank. When creating a (new) page, I just duplicate the template/blank page and start building. This helps provide a consistent look for all my pages.
As I continue building a Microsoft Power BI report that will display the stats for the US College (American) Football South Eastern Conference (SEC); I will show you how I created a custom static table of the 14 teams in the SEC.
I love using PivotTables in Microsoft Excel. When I use them, I always change them to Tabular and remove Subtotals to make them easier to read. The Matrix visual in Microsoft Power BI is like the Excel PivotTable. In this Tiny Tip video, I will show you how to make it tabular and remove subtotals.
by @MsBelindaAllen