Power BI Design of Dashboards and Reports
The design purpose should guide the selection of which Power BI visuals to use.
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Power BI dashboard design rules by SQLBI
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Visual Business Intelligence for enlightening analysis and communication by Stephen Few
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The Extreme Presentation Method by Andrew Abela is a 10-step guide to creating communications that drive action.
- The Extreme Presentation Slide Chooser This guide helps to identify the intent of the message and to choose slides accordingly. The primary choice is whether a slide is intended to explain or recommend and the secondary choice is Where, When, Who, How, What, or Why.
- The Extreme Presentation Chart Chooser is a selection guide according to the purpose of the chart visual: relationship, comparison, distribution or composition.
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Power BI bookmarks
Power BI visualizations by category
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FT Chart Doctor Visual Vocabulary
- Link to full-screen PBI online version (click the image to follow link)
Power BI custom visuals
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Samples on GitHub to help select Power BI custom visuals, including R-visuals
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How to build a custom visual for Power BI by James Dale (51 mins video)