Burningsuit, Power BI Training

21/07/2022

Have you ever found yourself frustrated by the default set of visualisations provided in Power BI? Ever had a need that just wasn't met by anything in the custom visual store?

If you answered yes to either of the above, then you must check out , a free custom visual for that allows you to generate visualisations without needing to write any code! With Charticulator you can build the visualisation you need using a straightforward drag-and-drop interface.

Start your Charticulator journey today with Alison's blog series covering your first steps with Charticulator for Power BI (https://www.burningsuit.co.uk/blog/charticulator-power-bi-1), or dive right in to Alison's book (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Introducing-Charticulator-Power-Customized-Representations/dp/148428075X) to understand all the ins and outs of this powerful new visual.

We've developed a brand new in-room course based on Alison's book that will be delivered by our Charticulator expert herself and comes with a physical copy of the book. Find out more about this course here (https://www.burningsuit.co.uk/training/power-bi-training/power-bi-introduction-charticulator) or register today (https://burningsuit.arlo.co/register?sgid=080722070e034bad927c22743ac4cc41)

Creating a Simple Charticulator Chart Recently a new custom visual has come into the Power BI world.

19/07/2022

Have you ever wanted to use a continuous x-axis for Month and Year labels on a column chart in ?

A continuous x-axis is used for date type data where Year and Month labels are incrementally spaced according to the number of data points plotted. This is compared to a categorical axis where there is a label for every data point.

Luckily, Power BI will provide you with a continuous x-axis if you use a Date Hierarchy in conjunction with a Line chart. Read our blog post to find out how:

Ever wanted to do this on the x-axis of a Column chart…

31/03/2022

Struggling with where to make data transformations in Power BI? Read our helpful guide here:

Our trainers answer 'where do I make changes to my data for reporting, in the Data Model with DAX, or in Power Query?' Learn the best actions to take here.

28/03/2022

Join us on 7th April for our online Power BI Fundamentals training course and gain a comprehensive overview of Power BI.

Sign up online today: https://www.burningsuit.co.uk/events/1-power-bi-fundamentals/

25/03/2022

Not only do we offer public Power BI training courses, we can also provide private, on-site Power BI training for your business and employees.

Discover how we worked with Berry Bros. & Rudd to train their team to use Power BI confidently and effectively:

In 2018 we undertook several Power BI training days with Berry Bros. & Rudd. Discover how our trainers helped them use the tool efficiently & effectively.

25/03/2022

Does your data need cleaning and reorganising before it gets loaded into Power BI or Excel? Our one day Power BI Power Query course will teach you how to best organise and clean your data ready for reporting.

Join us on 29th March for our Power Query online training course, sign up online: https://www.burningsuit.co.uk/events/13-power-bi-power-query/

17/03/2022

The line chart is the go-to chart type to visualise data over time. Typically, this visual is used to analyse your data by year, quarter, month or by day.

Learn some of our favourite secrets of the line chart visual in Power BI in our blog: https://www.burningsuit.co.uk/7-secrets-of-the-line-chart/

14/03/2022

One week to go until our Power BI Advanced training course! Don't miss out on improving your Power BI knowledge and skills, sign up now: https://www.burningsuit.co.uk/events/3-power-bi-advanced/

10/03/2022

February saw a range of new features added to Power BI, including new mobile formatting options, Dynamic M Query Parameters support for more data sources, deployment pipeline enhancements and improvements to downloading a PBIX file.

Read about the new features here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/power-bi-february-2022-feature-summary/

07/03/2022

Looking to take your Power BI skills to the next level? Book onto our Power BI Advanced training course on 21st March and learn the more challenging aspects of the platform.

https://www.burningsuit.co.uk/events/3-power-bi-advanced/