The Secrets To Successful Power BI Dashboards

Your manager has approached you and asked you to create a new Microsoft Power BI dashboard for the Human Resource department to display training investment in the company, using multiple data sources.  The question is, how do you create this dashboard? In this blog post, I’m going to discuss the key steps and processes that you need to follow to create a successful dashboard.

The first step happens before you start using Power BI. You need to conceptualize your Power BI dashboard, and the best way to do this is with a piece of A4 paper and a pencil. Creating a mock-up of your dashboard is the best way to think through the questions before you start working on the actual software. It also makes visualizations on a dashboard easier.

Place the A4 paper in a landscape design so the top is wider than the sides; this will provide a good approximation for the space that a common dashboard will display. Ideally, you would like all the information on the dashboard to display on a page that can be easily viewed on somebody’s screen and does not have to be scrolled.

Let’s consider the types of information and analysis that you would use In a dashboard designed to monitor your business. This is a key step before you create a new dashboard, and it can also help you impress a hiring manager during an interview. The most common types of analysis are as follows:

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