Get Creative with Power BI: Make these core visuals shine!
Regular 50 minute session for SQLBits 2026TL; DR
This session shows how to create clear, intuitive and action-driven Power BI reports using only core visuals. We focus on understanding your audience, improving visual clarity with DAX, and highlighting the information that truly matters for decision-making.
Session Details
Creating reports with Power BI may seem easy at first. However, many people eventually discover that their reports are not being viewed, end-users are confused about navigation, and the whole development process is more complicated than anticipated. This session will address these challenges and provide you with the skills to create visually appealing and actionable data visualizations that serve a clear purpose and effectively guide end-users to take action.
In this session, I will show how to create data visualizations that are visually appealing, intuitive, and actionable, only using Power BI core visuals. Since many of us are creating reports for others who eventually need to maintain them themselves, I think it is important not to involve too many external tools and additional code and instead focussing on keeping it simple and insightful.
The techniques you will learn are practical and can be immediately applied to your work. You will learn how to:
- Ask the right questions to get to know your audience.
- Use DAX to Enhance Visuals: Learn how to modify your visuals using DAX, such as changing colors and highlighting important information, to make critical insights stand out.
- Focus on Key Information: Learn techniques to refine your visuals so they display the most critical data, making sure users can quickly see what matters most.
Join me as we explore how to create insightful, user-friendly visualizations using only Power BI's core visuals, no SVGs or external tools required.
In this session, I will show how to create data visualizations that are visually appealing, intuitive, and actionable, only using Power BI core visuals. Since many of us are creating reports for others who eventually need to maintain them themselves, I think it is important not to involve too many external tools and additional code and instead focussing on keeping it simple and insightful.
The techniques you will learn are practical and can be immediately applied to your work. You will learn how to:
- Ask the right questions to get to know your audience.
- Use DAX to Enhance Visuals: Learn how to modify your visuals using DAX, such as changing colors and highlighting important information, to make critical insights stand out.
- Focus on Key Information: Learn techniques to refine your visuals so they display the most critical data, making sure users can quickly see what matters most.
Join me as we explore how to create insightful, user-friendly visualizations using only Power BI's core visuals, no SVGs or external tools required.
3 things you'll get out of this session
Understand what your audience needs and how that shapes your report.
Use DAX to strengthen visuals and highlight what matters.
Create clear, action-driven visuals using only Power BI core visuals.
Use DAX to strengthen visuals and highlight what matters.
Create clear, action-driven visuals using only Power BI core visuals.
Speakers
Valerie Junk's other proposed sessions for 2026
Turning insights into action: The art of data communication - 2026
A structured approach to (Power BI) report creation - 2026
Dashboard Design - The icing on the cake - 2026
Data Literacy: Navigating Your Way to Data-Driven Success! - 2026
My Real-Time Intelligence Journey: From Power BI Data Visualization to Streaming Data - 2026
Power BI - This is Not an Art Project - 2026
Power BI Tables and Matrix Visuals: The Next Step - 2026
Valerie Junk's previous sessions
Visualizing Data for Non-Data Experts: Making Reports Accessible to All
Learn how to visualize data in a way accessible to everyone, regardless of their level of expertise. In this session, you will learn to identify your audience's needs, select the appropriate visualizations for your data, and present your findings clearly and concisely.
ADHD - Failing at normal (and dealing with a mind that needs stimulation to focus)
Experience and tips and tricks on how to (better) deal with the challenges going together with ADHD. And of course, also, how to use the “positive side effects” to your advantage during your career.