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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 73 – Heat Streams)

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In this module you will learn how to use the Heat Streams Custom Visual.  The Heat Streams visual allows you to visualize and compare a categorical value over time.

Module 73 – Heat Streams

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Key Takeaways

  • Visualize and compare categorical values over time.
  • Has Sequential, Divergent and Categorical color schemes available.

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This Heat Streams visual displays the performance of each state by month.

  • Under the Format paintbrush there are a few configurations that can be adjusted on this visual.
  • In the Data Settings section you have several items you can adjust including the Date Bucket granularity, the sort order of your categories and a place to manipulate how the scoring is displayed

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  • With the View Settings section you have options that are more related to formatting like the color used when you select a value, the amount of space given to text and several other formatting options.

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You can also adjust the background color, add a border around the visual and lock the aspect ratio under the Format section.

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