Analyst in Action

In today's blog, we will take a deep dive into the basic functionality of Power BI. We will talk about the types of filters available in the Power BI whether in the query editor or at the visualization level. Let's start with the purpose of using filters that is limiting the rows on the basis of a condition or restrict the data which you don't want to showcase in your visualization. There are many types of filters available in Power BI. We will start with the filters available in the query editor. I am considering the sample superstore data. So, I have imported the Orders and Returns table and we will be applying the filter on the order date. When we select the date filters it will lead to a pop-up where you can select basic and advanced filtering currently I am selecting the advanced version. The filter will limit the data for a particular duration as you can see in the image below. You can remove the filter just by selecting the clear filter. Just to check the code of the

Are you looking for advancement in basic symbol maps and geographical maps? Then this blog is for you. Tilemaps are the best head away for basic maps because in the latter the shape and sizes of the location play a crucial role. The basic highlight feature of any tilemap is all the regions are represented by the same shape or size. Shapes can vary from circle to hexagon or squares. Such maps play a vital role when the size of the region is not so important for the visualization.  This blog is inspired by one of the Tableau Zen Master. Matt Chamber's work is an inspiration for me and in today's blog, I will highlight the steps to draw tilemaps in Tableau Public. Kindly check out Matt's blog. Our focus is solely on the different states in the US. Tilemaps are a great advantage in such scenarios because there are a lot of smaller states in the US that aren't easy to identify in a standard map. Tilemaps come to the rescue in such cases. Tilemaps cannot be used when we are