Using R and Python Visuals
The R and Python programming languages, including their powerful and extensible features in data processing, advanced analytics, and visualization, are deeply integrated with Power BI. R and Python scripts can be used as a data source for a Power BI semantic model, as a data transformation and shaping process within M queries, and as their own visualization type within Power BI reports and dashboards. Like standard Power BI visuals, R and Python script visuals directly leverage the relationships defined in the semantic model and can be dynamically filtered via other visuals, such as slicers.
In this recipe, two histogram visualizations are created in Power BI Desktop with R scripts: one with R’s standard distribution base graphics and another with the popular ggplot2 visualization package. Additionally, a Python visual example is included.
Getting ready
To prepare for this recipe, follow these steps:
- Download and install the...
