Stacked Chart The point above leads us to Stacked Chart which is good for comparing totals and also

values of subcategories. Change visual to Stacked Column Chart; Power BI from Rookie to Rock Star –
Book two: Visualizations in Power BI 21 | P a g e With this chart, you can simply say which Education
category provide the most revenue because the total is showed. Between Graduate Degree and High
School, it is Graduate Degree. In Stacked chart however isn’t easy to compare values of a category. For
example, finding out is Male or Female producing more revenue in the High School category is almost
impossible through this. Stacked Chart is good when the value difference is high between subcategories
in each category. Stacked Chart is not good for comparing values in each category 100% Stacked Chart
There is another type of stacked chart, named as 100% Stacked Chart. This chart is good for comparing
percentages normally. To find out how subcategories of each category are doing compared with other
subcategories. If you change the type of chart to 100% Stacked Column Chart, here is what you will see:
You can realize very quickly that portion of Males in all Education categories are less than High School’s
Males. However, You can never use 100% stacked chart for comparing actual values. This chart is only
good for percentages. When you use this chart in Power BI, it will automatically use percentages
calculation for it. 100% Stacked Charts are not good for comparing actual values. Power BI from Rookie
to Rock Star – Book two: Visualizations in Power BI 22 | P a g e Data Label is Your Asset Regardless of
what type of chart (Stacked, 100% Stacked, or Clustered) you are using, Data Labels are always helpful.
Here is how charts can be powered with labels; Your Story of Data Deciding which chart is the best is all
depends on what you want to tell as the story of the data; 1.If you want to visualize totals of each
category with separation of subcategories; Stacked Chart is your option. 2.If you want to visualize
differences in the percentage of subcategories value with other subcategories in other categories; 100%
Stacked is the best. 3.If you want to compare values for all subcategories, and understand which one is
the best or worst, inside a category or overall; Clustered Chart is your asset. There is no one single chart
telling the whole story. You need to use a combination of these but use them wisely. For example, don’t
use Stacked Chart if you want to understand which subcategory of a single category performs better or
worst, or don’t use the Clustered chart if you want to compare totals of categories together. Power BI
from Rookie to Rock Star – Book two: Visualizations in Power BI 23 | P a g e Be Careful of Too Many
Items All of these charts works perfectly when you have a few numbers of items. If you want to spread
these across many subcategories these charts would be hard to understand. Best would be splitting that
variety in multiple charts. Power BI from Rookie to Rock Star – Book two: Visualizations in Power BI 24 |
P a g e Power BI from Rookie to Rock Star – Book two: Visualizations in Power BI 25 | P a g e Power
Behind the Line Chart in Power BI; Analytics Published Date: August 28, 2016 The line chart is one of the
most basic charts that you can see in every visualization tool. Power BI like other visualization tools has
the line chart visualization which is good for showing one or two measure’s value across an axis which
can be a category, period, etc. Recently Power BI line chart added the feature to create dynamic
reference lines and the Analytics pane which brings more power into this useful chart. In this post, I’ll
show you an example of using these features in Power BI line chart. If you are new to Power BI or you
want to learn more make sure to read Power BI; from Rookie to Rock Star. Prerequisite For running the
sample in this post, you will need to download and install AdventureWorksDW sample Microsoft SQL
Server database. Introduction to line types in the line chart Value Line Power BI from Rookie to Rock Star
– Book two: Visualizations in Power BI