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Power of Business Intelligence

Blog by Andrzej Leszkiewicz. Power BI developer and consultant.

  • Bad and Good Charts
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  • Vega Data Visualization Examples
  • Power BI Reports
    • COVID-19
    • Krakow Bicycle Counters
    • Population Pyramid
  • Books to Read
Power of Business Intelligence

Power of Business Intelligence

Blog by Andrzej Leszkiewicz. Power BI developer and consultant.

  • Bad and Good Charts
  • Deneb and Vega
  • Vega Data Visualization Examples
  • Power BI Reports
    • COVID-19
    • Krakow Bicycle Counters
    • Population Pyramid
  • Books to Read
Tricks and Workarounds

Backup/restore all calculation groups (workaround required for some visuals)

Andrzej Leszkiewicz September 14, 2021

I needed to add a gantt chart into a report. I tried multiple visuals, but they didn’t work because they all require at least one … Read More

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Adding handwriting comments and drawings to Power BI report
Data Visualization

Adding handwriting comments and drawings to Power BI report

Andrzej Leszkiewicz August 8, 2021

I’ve started reading ‘The Back of the Napkin’ book by Dan Roam and realized that I literally can use ‘virtual napkins’ in my Power BI … Read More

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Gauge – Bad and Good Power BI Charts
Data Visualization

Gauge – Bad and Good Power BI Charts

Andrzej Leszkiewicz August 7, 2021
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100% Stacked Column Chart – Bad and Good Charts in Power BI
Data Visualization

100% Stacked Column Chart – Bad and Good Charts in Power BI

Andrzej Leszkiewicz August 7, 2021

One more pair of good and bad charts created in Power BI. Why the chart on the left is bad, it’s so colorful?! Color in … Read More

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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)
Data Visualization

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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