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Slicer with Histogram in Power BI

I was doing some online shopping last week and saw a price slicer with a histogram to show the concentration of price points. I thought it was pretty cool, so decided to see if I could build this in Power BI. I came up with a…
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Filters on Power BI Slicers – Wait, What?

There was a new feature released in the June 2019 version of Power BI Desktop that I really like and I think warrants some explanation and review. The new feature allows you to pre-filter a slicer so that it only contains a subset of values that…
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Sync Slicers & Sync Slicers Advanced Options

Power BI Bookmarks, Synced Slicers and Selections; these features transformed the way we report using Power BI. Now, most of the business users want reports with actionable interactivity. Well, it has pros and cons; today’s post is not to discuss that but to talk about Synced…
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Rename Blank in a Slicer in Power BI

A common problem I see some people struggle with in Power BI is when a slicer contains a (Blank) record for some reason. The cause of the problem is not obvious and hence it is not clear how to fix it. This article describes what causes…
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Create a Power BI Slicer Panel

There is nothing worse than having a Power BI report that has 50% of the space taken up with slicers. When this happens, you only get half the page to visualise the actual data. But on the flip side, if you don’t have the slicers it…