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Video by: Reid Havens
Ever wanted your matrix or table in Power BI to sort by a hidden value — without showing that value in the visual? In this video, I’ll show you a powerful trick using zero-width Unicode characters to embed an invisible sort order directly into your categorical columns.
We’ll walk through a demo using a dataset of transaction IDs and regions, and show how you can control sort behavior without cluttering your visuals. Tune in to learn more!
Video by: Reid Havens
Learn of a few more designs, methods, and techniques for adding comparison variance values to stacked column charts. Currently native stacked columns don’t support adding direct (error bar) comparisons. So this technique uses a combo chart to achieve it’s result. Tune in to learn more!
Video by: Reid Havens
Learn how to combine some DAX modeling design + conditional formatting data bars to unify values between the min/max bar sizes. Tune in to learn more!
Video by: Reid Havens
Learn about three visual/report configurations that should be reviewed after publishing a report to the Power BI service, and viewing the report in reader mode. Today these features can be easily misconfigured in Power BI desktop, which is why it's so important to review them in reader mode. Tune in to learn more!
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Reid Havens’ early love affair with analytics has, over the past decade, turned into an evolution into data visualization and report design in Power BI.
Since then Reid has been writing articles and creating YouTube videos to share the word of BI, helping to inspire the next generation of Business Intelligence enthusiasts.
