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Video by: Reid Havens
Field parameters in Power BI offer powerful flexibility when using them for custom visual hierarchies. However, certain columns shouldn’t be used alone, especially when they’re part of a hierarchy or grouped relationship. In this video, I demonstrate how to create a field parameter setup that ensures key columns are always selected together. This approach avoids misleading rollups and duplicated values in matrix visuals, keeping your reports accurate and intuitive.
Video by: Reid Havens
Learn how to combine Bookmarks with Field Parameters to give users the option for one-click hierarchy configurations but also custom hierarchy level ordering for advanced configurations. Tune in to learn more!
Video by: Reid Havens
Join Erik Svensen and I as Erik walks through how to transform a native matrix visual into a powerful Calendar type filter for your visuals! Where you can slice by date, day of week, week period of year, and more. Tune in for the demo!
Erik Svensen is a Microsoft MVP. Erik has been working with the Microsoft BI stack for more than 20 years - starting with out with Excel and Microsoft Query for over 25 years ago. He owns the company CatMan Solution who is now serving over 70+ FMCG suppliers with a Power BI solution that provides the supplier with valuable insights in their performance at store level based on point of sales data provided to them by different retailers. He started the Danish Power BI User group and speaks at conferences and meetups. Another great passion besides Power BI is his collection of Danish contemporary art. And if he finds time he occasionally blogs about Power BI as well.
Video by: Reid Havens
Learn how to leverage some recent native visual features plus a little bit of [DAX] magic to use a slicer to create a cross-highlight effect on a visual. Cross-highlighting is normally only natively available between visuals, not slicers. So tune into learn more!
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Reid Havens’ early love affair with analytics has, over the past decade, turned into an evolution into data visualization and report design in Power BI.
Since then Reid has been writing articles and creating YouTube videos to share the word of BI, helping to inspire the next generation of Business Intelligence enthusiasts.
