This blog could well begin with a familiar dilemma for any data analyst, with two split messages: a) a Superman-like figure armed with what I've learned and thought I'll need in my daily work b) a somewhat disappointed knowledge worker finding out what I'll be...
In the video below, I go over how to implement a dynamic date axis in Power BI, giving the user the ability to show daily, monthly and yearly views of their data. This is especially useful for trends and timelines for seeing how your data...
Great dashboards engage users and encourage exploration and discovery. A great way to do this is using interactivity. Let’s look into how to achieve this with different BI tools. Interactivity in Tableau In Tableau this can be achieved with dashboard actions. There are a number of actions...
In the video below, I go over Conditional Calculations using two of the most widely-used data visualisation tools on the market: Tableau by Salesforce and Power BI by Microsoft. Tune in here: ...
You may have the job title of data analyst, or you may work in HR or sales. Regardless, the versatility of modern data visualization tools allows everyone access to self-serve analytics. If you already have Tableau experience but are interested in Power BI, this is...
In the following example, users can switch between a line chart displaying Sales by Month and a bar chart for Sales by Region by clicking a button: This interactive feature was developed in Power BI. The same functionality can be accomplished in Tableau by combining...
DAX Iterator functions are a subset family of aggregator functions used to iterate over a table of rows. First, they evaluate an expression for each row in a table. Then they apply some form of aggregation to the row-level results of the first expression calculated...
Getting started in the Power BI Desktop application is a fun and exciting time. There are so many components that make up this masterful business intelligence tool, that at first glance it can appear a bit overwhelming. Not to fret. The good news is if you are...
Welcome to part three in our series on Microsoft Fabric governance, where we apply principles we’ve learned from our work in Tableau to Power BI and the broader Microsoft Fabric ecosystem. In part one, we covered basics about users, roles and capabilities. In part two,...
Welcome to part two in our series on Microsoft Fabric governance, where we apply principles we’ve learned from our work in Tableau to Power BI and the broader Microsoft Fabric ecosystem. In part one, we covered basics about users, roles and capabilities. In this article,...
Over the years, we’ve developed a perspective on what good governance looks like within the Tableau ecosystem. We wrote an introductory blog about that here and expanded on that with this series. But lately, we’ve been intrigued by Microsoft Fabric, so we’ve decided to apply...
One of the most unique and helpful features of Power BI as a visualization tool is its built in page navigator. Traditionally, you would build a navigation button or some other action button in order to switch pages or add a hierarchy to your content,...
The following table, which employs URL links, bars, background colors and icons to visually depict data, was created in Power BI. To achieve a similar result in Tableau would necessitate at least three applications of the “forklift” technique or, if precise control over column widths...
While visualizations provide a valuable snapshot of data, they often fall short in accommodating the diverse analytical needs of decision-makers. For example, imagine a visualisation shows total sales by year. This is useful. But what if we want to compare this with the average spend...
In this blog we will show how to write case statements in Power BI, and how they differ from writing case statements in Tableau. How do you write a CASE statement in Tableau? Since the syntax in Tableau (VizQL) is very similar to SQL syntax writing a...
For anyone interested in learning multiple BI tools, it's always a rough start in the beginning: we're sure we know the basics, but we also need to understand how some concepts translate or don't even compare. Like a Mac user trying to use a PC, switching...
With more than 150 virtual sessions, talks and live Q&A events, the Power BI and Fabric Summit 2024 conference had something for everyone. The keynote session kicked off with an overview of the Microsoft Fabric ecosystem. Getting a chance to hear from Kim Manis, who is...
Assist by InterWorks has been helping hundreds of InterWorks clients for years now. Assist got its beginnings as an on-demand, Tableau assistance offering connecting users directly with our consultants. Tableau users could easily hop on a call, wherever they are in the world, and chat...
The objective of this comparison exercise was to rebuild the Overview dashboard from the Tableau – Superstore sample dashboard in both Tableau (10.4) and Microsoft Power BI (2.52) with no prior knowledge of the Microsoft analytics package. I decided to conduct this comparison to better understand...
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