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Microsoft Power BI Cookbook

You're reading from   Microsoft Power BI Cookbook Creating Business Intelligence Solutions of Analytical Data Models, Reports, and Dashboards

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788290142
Length 802 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Configuring Power BI Development Tools 2. Accessing and Retrieving Data FREE CHAPTER 3. Building a Power BI Data Model 4. Authoring Power BI Reports 5. Creating Power BI Dashboards 6. Getting Serious with Date Intelligence 7. Parameterizing Power BI Solutions 8. Implementing Dynamic User-Based Visibility in Power BI 9. Applying Advanced Analytics and Custom Visuals 10. Developing Solutions for System Monitoring and Administration 11. Enhancing and Optimizing Existing Power BI Solutions 12. Deploying and Distributing Power BI Content 13. Integrating Power BI with Other Applications

Visualizing performance relative to targets with KPIs and gauges

KPI and gauge visuals are frequently used to present the most critical performance measures in dashboards. Given their compact size and supporting context, such as trend graphs and target values, users can quickly obtain useful insights from these visuals alone, on any device. However, to derive the most value out of these visuals, it’s often necessary to apply Visual level filters, create supporting target measures, and group related visuals.

In this recipe, a KPI and gauge visual are developed to present growth relative to planned growth. Groups of KPI visuals are then created to provide visibility to current period, prior period, and year-to-date.

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