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Power of Business Intelligence

Blog by Andrzej Leszkiewicz. Excel VBA and Power BI developer and consultant.

  • Books to Read
  • COVID-19 report
  • Bad and Good charts in Power BI
Power of Business Intelligence

Power of Business Intelligence

Blog by Andrzej Leszkiewicz. Excel VBA and Power BI developer and consultant.

  • Books to Read
  • COVID-19 report
  • Bad and Good charts in Power BI

Month: July 2021

Power BI Map: bad or good?
Data Visualization

Power BI Map: bad or good?

Andrzej Leszkiewicz July 27, 2021

Did you see a map like the map on the left? A map like this was used as a main visual on one of the … Read More

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Books: The Big Picture by Steve Wexler
Books

Books: The Big Picture by Steve Wexler

Andrzej Leszkiewicz July 27, 2021

I’ve already read many data visualization books, including The Big Book of Dashboards. And I was expecting high quality book from Steve Wexler. But this … Read More

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Scatter Chart
Data Visualization

Scatter Chart

Andrzej Leszkiewicz July 26, 2021
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Shape Map
Data Visualization

Shape Map

Andrzej Leszkiewicz July 24, 2021

Why the map on the left is bad? Try to find Rhode Island or Delaware. Small states are almost invisible, large states are taking too … Read More

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Pie Chart? (version 2.0)
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Pie Chart? (version 2.0)

Andrzej Leszkiewicz July 23, 2021

Updated version of my Pie Chart (how not to do) vs Not A Pie Chart (how to do) example. Now there is a Pie Chart … Read More

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Colorful Spaghetti Chart?
Data Visualization Storytelling with data

Colorful Spaghetti Chart?

Andrzej Leszkiewicz July 15, 2021
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Pie Chart?
Data Visualization Storytelling with data

Pie Chart?

Andrzej Leszkiewicz July 14, 2021
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Good Charts: The HBR Guide to Making Smarter, More Persuasive Data Visualizations – Book by Scott Berinato
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Good Charts: The HBR Guide to Making Smarter, More Persuasive Data Visualizations – Book by Scott Berinato

Andrzej Leszkiewicz July 13, 2021

I read multiple books about data visualization (by Edward Tufte, Alberto Cairo, Stephen Few, Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, Jonathan Schwabish and other authors). Therefore, before buying … Read More

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‘The Data Loom: Weaving Understanding by Thinking Critically and Scientifically with Data’ by Stephen Few
Books

‘The Data Loom: Weaving Understanding by Thinking Critically and Scientifically with Data’ by Stephen Few

Andrzej Leszkiewicz July 9, 2021

It is very disappointing to see 1-star reviews on Amazon page for this book. Someone bought a book about critical thinking (!!!) and left 1 … Read More

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