Introduction What if a column chart could tell a story through color? A stripe chart uses colored stripes to reveal patterns and changes in data at a glance. In this exercise, we’ll transform Power BI’s native column chart into a stripe chart where each stripe represents a data point, and its color helps us spot […]
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Power BI, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Happy National Guacamole Day! As a big fan of guac, I wanted to celebrate by bringing together two of my favorite things- Power BI and guacamole. Because why simply enjoy a bowl of guac when you can also turn it into a data visualization? An Icon Matrix uses simple icons instead of repeating the
2026 Week 37 | Power BI: Categorical Icon Matrix Read More »
Power BI, Workout Wednesday
Introduction This week’s challenge explores something entirely new for Sigma – calling an external AI API directly from a workbook action. Using Sigma’s API Connector and Action Sequences, you’ll build a Credit Risk Intelligence app that sends live loan data to Claude’s AI and displays a real-time risk explanation – all without leaving Sigma. Need Access
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction This week’s challenge focuses on building a unit chart (dot matrix / isotype) in Sigma – a non-native visualization that shows proportion using a 100-unit grid. Instead of traditional bar or pie charts, you’ll construct a 10×10 dot grid per category and use conditional logic to fill dots based on percentage of total orders.
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Sigma, Workout WednesdayIntroduction Welcome to Week 13 of 2026! This week, we’re going to play with Maps. Let’s practice looking up geographical data, utilizing multiple types of maps, and coordinating actions to cross-filter data. Good luck! -Ashley Need access to Sigma? Click Here to Sign Up Link to WOW Sigma Instance Youtube Click here to Watch: How
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction This week’s challenge: recreate a Tale visualization with a twist. The goal is to show revenue growth over time for 100 companies, grouped into: • Rocket Ships• Fast Growers• Slow Burners The catch? Sigma doesn’t separate “line identity” and “color grouping” the way most tools do. So the real challenge isn’t the chart. It’s
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Welcome to the final week of 2025! Since it’s a holiday week, we’re keeping things simple with a classic but powerful visualization: the Pareto chart. Your challenge this week is to build a Pareto chart in Sigma that highlights which issue categories contribute the most to overall incident reports. By combining a sorted bar
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Welcome to Week 37 of 2025! Numbers tell the story, but sometimes a picture says it faster. This week we’re charging up our Sigma skills by adding images into table cells and playing with maps. You’ll learn how to make your tables more visual, show dynamic elements like battery levels or icons, and bring
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Welcome to Week 29 of 2025! This week’s challenge is all about bringing back a tried-and-true classic: the Gantt chart. Whether you’re mapping out project timelines or visualizing task dependencies, this is your chance to put a clean, modern spin on one of the original BI visuals. Build something in Sigma that’s as functional
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday
Introduction Welcome to Week 6 of 2025! This week, we’re going to learn how to calculate a rolling metric, or moving sum. We’re going to use some sample Marketing Data to help us assess trends over time. We’re going to combine with some dynamic parameters to select which metric to calculate and how granular we
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Sigma, Workout Wednesday