Data labels in charts are always useful because they implicitly show us the value of the series, without the need to look at the axis. However, in traditional charts, they are always formatted the same way; they are displayed in the same font size and style, the same color… Power BI Desktop recently got the option of conditional formatting of these values, which makes the reports much more vivid.
When we create predictions or analyze existing results, there is always the possibility of error. For this purpose, when displaying charts in Excel we have always been able to display error bars. Since recently, this option also exists in Power BI Desktop. In the “recipe” that follows, you will learn how to add and modify error bars on a column or bar chart.
Whether we use Excel BI or Power BI data model, we can create a hierarchy of employees manually or with the help of some DAX functions. In this text you will learn how to use two such functions: PATH and PATHITEM. With their help, it is possible to create calculated columns that show the hierarchical level of each of the employees within the company.
When importing tables from data sources there is a possibility of error or import of empty values. Also, in order to optimize the model, there is often a need to see the structure of the data according to the columns. One way to achieve this is to filter the table and view the filter values. It can serve! However, Power Query has built-in tools that allow us to easily view data statistics …
Power BI Desktop reports are stored in PBIX files that contain connections, datasets, transformations, visualizations, and other report elements. If you want to save reports without data, you will use the option of creating a template, by saving as a PBIT file. If you want to save only the link to the data source you will create a PBIDS file.