Microsoft BI consultancy recently announced a new data storytelling functionality for Power BI development during its virtual user conference. This allows for users to enhance their reporting skills by becoming confident in telling stories with statistics and metrics.
Power BI reports: what matters most?
The Power BI service is focused on three main pillars:
Power Query - Upload,
clean, and convert your data sources
Data Model & DAX - connect and measure your report
performance
Visualizations - how user’s access data
Power BI report is based on the pillar, and not the sum. It
implies that if the value of any of these pillars is equal to 0, the value of
the study will also be 0.
If your Power Query is weak, your data will be sloppy or not
configured for your intent. If your model fails to comply with best practice
modelling, the star schema and each DAX formula will become an Everest-like
hike. Poorly modelled, poorly drawn and difficult to grasp; users are sure to
give up on it.
At the end of the day, if your report doesn’t work as a
whole, it’s going to be worthless and will be quickly forgotten.
Data Story Teller
The Data Storyteller will be a hybrid of all the above: half
a specialist, half a functional figure; half an artist and half a researcher.
Better data storytelling makes for better decisions. If you ignore best practise when creating reports with Power BI, the report would be aesthetically gorgeous yet challenging to use. Many companies are ready to become data-driven. Resources such as Power BI allow them to create insights into the data to achieve this goal. But when used without caution, these methods can have the complete opposite effect as screens loaded with charts and tables, and figures render the end-user totally confused instead of empowered. To support, we’ve compiled some tips to make you a better storyteller of data through leveraging the power of bi-development.
Sketch your storyline
The first thing to do is think about what you’re trying to
accomplish. If you’re going to document a report, think about its intent first.
Do you want to see the differences in conduct between groups of customers? Or
would you like to build a 360-degree consumer profile?
The purpose of my report is to help individuals and
organizations track their profitability through financial data. My dashboard
would provide a snapshot of the current profit and loss, a current cash flow
state, and ratios that are important to maintaining an organization's health.
Make use of templates.
Using Power BI service templates can help you create a report
that looks and functions the same way for each user. You don’t have to start
from scratch each time. Mindfully designed templates ensure that filtering is clearly
indicated and that the number of panels you can use on the screen is reduced.
This makes it easier for you to construct a clear data narrative
Account for data literacy
When creating a dashboard, make sure that your story will be
easy to follow even for those who are less acquainted with your data. Don’t go
wild by creating long graphs or paths that look pretty stylish but are really
unnecessarily complex. Stick to simple and well-known graph forms, such as bars
or lines.
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