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"Mastering real time Data Visualization in Power BI"

Writer's picture: Santhosh .NSanthosh .N

from this blog, we see about "what is power bi ?"and "why should learn power bi ?"and "how to create dashboard in power bi ?"- for theese are all the quastion we are gone to solue in the blog.

what is power BI and why?

It is a BI tool. Reports and dashboards can be easily created using Power BI. Data cleaning and data modeling can be achieved using inbuilt tool - Power Query. It helps in visualising data.

why?:

How to Create Dashboard:
  • now, open your microsoft store and search power bi desktop and download the app.

  • after download the power bi, sign in with your work gmail id. before create a dashboard, download this file .


  • after download this file, enter into power bi check new report.

  • a new dashboard will be appear and see top. you can see there is "get data" click on that and select more option and select excel workbook.

  • home>Get data >excel workbook>connect.

  • after that file page pop-up on screen select the file that i given before.

  • click the file open option, and it's take to load ,after load navigator bar is pop-up on screen.

  • select the 3 of them in display option. select order,people and returns and click load option.

  • see cilpboard, you can see a option transform data. click on that pop-up show up like this


  • go to people and on the top the pop-up you can use the first row as a header and do this again to "returns " because the header mention as columns. so that use of we can change the first has header to the piople and returns.

  • then see top, there is a option like close and apply click on them

  • click the table view option. the excel sheet table shown here.

  • we should create a new table for date, for example create "date_info"

click new table option and enter this coding

date_info = CALENDAR(FIRSTDATE(Orders[Order Date]),LASTDATE(Orders[Order Date]))
  • this date_info create a calender date taken for order table for order date. now use new column going to create like that for month, month_name, QTR, week,week_name and year.

year = YEAR(date_info[Date])
month = MONTH(date_info[Date])
month_name = FORMAT(date_info[Date],"mmm")
QTR = QUARTER(date_info[Date])
week = WEEKDAY(date_info[Date])
week_name = FORMAT(date_info[Date],"mmm")
  • after creating this all and all. click on model view . make a connection with other table.

  • see the common thing of each table. for example people table common to orders table is region, returns table relate to orders table is order id and date_info relate to orders table is date. make connection like this:


  • after make a connection with these table. go report view page and now start create a dashboard .

  • go to visulization >click format your report page > canvas settings> custom your page height and width.

  • then go back to page view, click a text box, drag the box and enter a "sample super store".

  • after that choose build visual and select the slicer. make them copy of six. In first copy choose value as country,second =region,third=state,fourth=orders_date,fifth=month and last choose has year.

  • again go back to build visual select a card and make copy of 4. first one insert a customer ID click on them has count. select second card as sales make them into sum. make third card for profit and last card has average of discount.

  • then select a pie chat insert the value of profit and segment.

  • create a donut chart and insert the value has category and profit.

  • then create a linr chart and insert the value has order date and sales

  • create a clustered bar chart and insert value has category, profit and sub-category.

  • and then click a double click on the balance "Q&A" will open automatically. the dashboard is ready.


this is Dashboard was created , it's help to present the excel repot to create faster and it's may looks batter than normal report. yeah from this blog how to create a dashborad and how to use power Bi more efficiently.

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