• “Strictly Come Dancing” Power BI analysis
    23rd November 2023
    Yes, “Strictly Come Dancing” is with us yet again for the 21st Series! And yes, we’re crunching the numbers again not only on this series' contestants but also on the previous 20 series and the 294 other competitors who have danced over 2,000 dances...
  • The New On-Object Interaction (preview) – wave goodbye to your comfort zone
    20th September 2023
    Since Power BI’s introduction in 2015, the Visualizations pane has had quite a few makeovers: But all these changes have been primarily cosmetic or...
  • Creating a Waterfall Visual with “From” and “To” Values
    24th November 2022
    If you have ever created the default Waterfall visual in Power BI, you will know that it will only show you the “To” value. This value is the total of...
  • DAX - Table Expansion Explained
    15th November 2022
    The following is an extract from Alison's book 'Up and Running with DAX for Power BI' . For many DAX users, getting to grips with the concept of table...
  • My Top 10 Power BI Tips
    7th November 2022
    I’ve just realised that in all the 7 years I’ve been writing blogs on Power BI, I’ve never written the most obvious blog of all and that is a “Top...
  • Total Row Grief – When Your Measures Don’t Sum in the Total Row
    28th October 2022
    On the Microsoft Power BI Ideas Forum ( https://ideas.powerbi.com/ideas/ ), there is a long-running request (since July 2018) that has amassed a...
  • Making a Slicer Highlight Rather than Filter
    21st October 2022
    So you think a slicer can only filter data in a visual: - Right? Wrong! Just look what I’ve done! If you want a slicer to highlight data in your...