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Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide

You're reading from   Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide Build dashboards and visualizations to make your data come to life

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789138221
Length 202 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Manuel Quintana Manuel Quintana
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Mitchell Pearson Mitchell Pearson
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Devin Knight Devin Knight
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Brian Knight Brian Knight
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Visualizing tabular data

We will see that there are many options within Power BI to visually represent data, but sometimes our users may want to see and compare detailed data and exact values. In these scenarios, using the Table or Matrix visual ends up being our best choice. When leveraging either of these two visuals, it is important to take advantage of the Format area to ensure that users can easily interpret the detailed data that is being presented. One of the best ways to bring attention to values of importance with these visuals is by using Conditional Formatting. We will explore this option, as well as take advantage of the hierarchies we created in Chapter 3, Building the Data Model, to allow for drill downs within the visuals.

The table visual

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