Blogs from Wise Owl on Visualisations in Power BI

Showing Small Multiples in Power BI charts

Posted by Andy Brown on 26 July 2021

Small multiples are mini-charts shown in a two-dimensional grid, with each chart showing the state of play for a different field's value. After a number of improvements small multiples have finally emerged from preview!

Creating picture charts in Power BI using the Infographic Custom Visual

Posted by Andy Brown on 19 May 2021

Want to use your pet's picture for a column chart? This blog shows how to create stacked picture charts in Power BI using the powerful Infographic custom visual.

A correction - report tooltips can be any size in a Power BI report

Posted by Andy Brown on 08 August 2020

Sadly we do occasionally make mistakes in our training, but when this happens we always try to correct them. Here, we explain that Power BI report page tooltips can in fact be any size.

Add the ComicGen custom visual to your Power BI reports to spice them up!

Posted by Andy Brown on 27 April 2020

The ComicGen custom visual allows you to show one of two characters (Dee or Dey) in a variety of poses, and with a range of emotions. Excitingly, the poses and emotions can depend on your data, making these the most human of KPIs. Find out more in this blog!

How to show rows with no corresponding data in a Power BI visual

Posted by Andy Brown on 12 March 2020

This modest blog explains how you can tell Power BI to show all of the members of a dimension table (even the ones which have no corresponding data).

How to show current drilldown filters in Power BI Desktop

Posted by Sam Lowrie on 20 July 2018

Some technique to remind users what levels they chose while using drilldown.

Stop automatic grouping in Power BI Desktop

Posted by Sam Lowrie on 20 July 2018

Read this blog to understand the risk of Power BI's automatic grouping of data, and to learn how to avoid getting caught out!

Disappearing data labels in Power BI Desktop

Posted by Sam Lowrie on 20 July 2018

Ever had a data label vanish for no apparent reason? This blog gives two of the most common reasons why this might happen.

Splitting long tables of data into different pages (pagination)

Posted by Sam Lowrie on 01 June 2018

This blog shows how you can split rows in tables into different pages, making the data easier to read.

5 interesting custom visuals in Power BI Dektop

Posted by Sam Lowrie on 12 March 2018

Basic Power BI Desktop visuals can leave something to be desired. Try these 5 visuals to spice up your reports!