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2026 Week 23 | Power BI: Create a Euler Diagram

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Introduction This week we are exploring a new type of visual: an Euler diagram.  An Euler diagram is a powerful visualization tool used to depict hierarchical relationships and set containment. Unlike a Venn diagram, which displays all possible logical intersections—even those that are empty—an Euler diagram focuses specifically on the connections present in your data. […]

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#WOW2026 | Week 23 | Can you create a double-sided multi-row Stem-and-Leaf Plot?

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Introduction When browsing around for inspiration for this week’s challenge, I came across this stem & leaf Power BI WOW challenge by Meagan Longoria, which in turn was inspired by a Tableau #WOW challenge set by Yusuke in 2024. So I thought it would be fun to go ‘full circle’ and see if I could

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#WOW2026 | 23 | Fun with Gantt Charts

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Introduction For the week’s challenge we’re looking at Gantt charts! Gantt chart don’t have to necessarily show timeline data. In Tableau, they can be used to show “floating” bar charts. Which can be very powerful in certain use cases. This challenge looks at historical American Football Super Bowl betting odds and game results. In this

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2026 Week 22 | Sigma: Input Table Reset & Forced Custom View

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Introduction Welcome to Week 22 of 2026! Most users learned form/input table handling by clearing forms or resetting the input table upon submission or an action trigger downstream. This is viable for a low usage app.  If you are building an app that might be used by hundreds of users simultaneously, and the workflow requires

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2026 Week 22 | Power BI: Create a Wind Vector Map

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Introduction With the introduction of Fabric Apps at the Build conference this week, Fabric now natively supports visualization libraries like Vega, Vega-Lite, and. D3.js. In celebration, we are doing a Vega-Lite challenge. This week we are making a wind vector map. This map shows how wind speed and direction change across a region, using colors

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2026 Week 21 | Power BI: Miniviz May Week 4

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Introduction This month, we’re teaming up with the Microsoft Fabric Community to bring you a series of bite-sized, hands-on challenges designed to help you build (and share!) your skills one week at a time. Whether you’re just getting started or looking for a quick midweek spark, Miniviz May is all about learning by doing. Jump

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#WOW2026 W21: Can you map out the D3 athletic conferences?

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Introduction This weeks challenge comes from a Data School Consultant  – Jacob Aronson This week’s challenge puts the spotlight on some of America’s lesser known colleges and universities – those that compete at the D3 athletic level (including my Alma Mater, Carleton College).The 400 schools are organized into ~44 conferences so that teams that are

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2026 Week 20 | Power BI: Miniviz May Week 3

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Introduction This month, we’re teaming up with the Microsoft Fabric Community to bring you a series of bite-sized, hands-on challenges designed to help you build (and share!) your skills one week at a time. Whether you’re just getting started or looking for a quick midweek spark, Miniviz May is all about learning by doing. Jump

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2026 Week 20 | Can we have a quick sidebar?

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Introduction Awhile ago, we were given the lovely fixed header option, which looks great and has helped to make more maintainable custom navigation in Sigma possible, but this week, we’re playing around with a beta feature – the fixed Sidebar. This functionality, combined with repeated containers and embedded UI elements, makes for some interesting design

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