Everything you need to know about Bar Charts! Once you’ve connected to some data, you may want to build a Bar Chart. Bar Charts are easy to build, and more importantly, they are easy for people to understand.Bar charts compare categories of things by their value, using length. The following…
How to fix your confusing bar chart
Today we’re going to solve a very common problem that many bar charts have. It’s a problem I see all the time, and I bet you see it all the time too. It’s a problem that makes Bar Charts harder for your viewers to understand quickly. With Power BI, there’s…
Add a Benchmark Line to a Bar Chart in Power BI
Let’s learn how to add a benchmark line to a Bar Chart! Benchmark lines are great for showing progress towards (or beyond) a target. For this post we’re going to start with a Power BI file that already has a simple Bar Chart made, and we’re going to add a…
How to Format a Bar Chart in Power BI
This post is about the basics/essentials of formatting a Bar Chart in Power BI. When I say formatting BASICS, I mean what you should do EVERY time you build a bar chart to make it as easy for your users to understand. For this post we’re going to start with…
How to make a Bar Chart in Power BI
Learn the basics of making a Bar Chart with this post. We won’t get into too much detail about the many things we can do with bar charts, but those will be their own tutorials. Video: Written Instructions: We’re going to start off with a report that already has Excel…