This How To Use Power BI post is all about how to make an impressive looking “Ring Donut” chart with Power BI, specifically using new border options Microsoft has added to Donut and Pie charts. The new border options are NOT super useful in terms of making charts better and…
Hey everyone! Welcome to this How To Use Power BI post, which is actually a How to NOT Use Power BI post. Freaky, right? This post isn’t a technical one that will show you what to click to get something done in Power BI, but more of a chart design…
Welcome to the custom coloring pie chart labels post! This isn’t hard to do, but the option is hidden just a little bit. Once you know where it is, you’ll use it all the time. We’re going to use a simple Power BI file to get to know how to…
Everything you need to know about Line Charts! Once you’ve connected to some data, you may want to build a Line Chart. Line Charts are easy to build, and more importantly, they are easy for people to understand.Line charts are excellent for showing data that has a time-based element. They…
You probably don’t need legends on your Line Charts. Series Labels are an option on Line and Area charts and allows you to get rid of your Legend. Why would you want to get rid of your legend? We’ll cover that too! We’re going to use a Power BI report with…
In this post we’re going to learn how to format Pie Charts.I highly recommend that before learning from this post you watch/read the post about how to make a Pie Chart, which goes over how NOT to make them as well. Pie Charts are your best chart option in very…
Let’s learn how to make everyone’s fave chart in Power BI, the Pie Chart!Just kidding, Pie Charts don’t get a ton of love in the data visualization world, and there are lots of situations when they should NOT be used, but there are also times when they SHOULD be used.So,…
This post is about how to implement basic formatting in a Line Chart in Power BI. When I say “basic” formatting, I mean what you should do EVERY time you build a Line Chart to make it as easy for your users to understand. For this post (and video) we’re…
To learn how to make a Line Chart, we’re going to start off with a report that already has Excel data connected. If you need to learn how to connect data, go watch the Connecting to Excel Data post first. If you’d like to use the same Power BI file I…
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…
