Build interactive reports and dashboards.
6 tutorials in this category
Conditional formatting applies color rules to cells based on their values — background gradients, font colors, data bars, and icons. It turns a wall of numbers into an immediately readable visual. This guide covers the four formatting types, the rules for each, and the design principles that keep formatting helpful instead of overwhelming.
A good Power BI dashboard isn't just charts on a page — it's a designed experience. Learn 12 principles for building dashboards that users actually understand and act on, from layout to color to interaction design.
Follow a real-world project from raw data to finished dashboard. Learn data import, Power Query cleaning, star schema modeling, DAX measures, and visual design — all in one walkthrough.
Tooltips are the most underrated interaction in Power BI. A default tooltip shows the data point's values — useful but limited. Custom tooltip pages turn a hover into a mini-report: related metrics, trends, and context. This guide covers building both and the three patterns where tooltips shine.
Bookmarks capture the state of a report page — filters, selections, visibility, and sort order. Combined with buttons, they turn a static page into an interactive experience: tabbed navigation, drill-through stories, and self-guided report tours. This guide covers the mechanics and four patterns that work.
Power BI offers dozens of visual types, but most reports use the same handful. This guide covers the core visuals — bar, line, card, matrix, map, and scatter — with guidance on when each is appropriate, common mistakes, and the visual hierarchy that makes reports readable.