The Antares Alien

Power BI | DAX

Blarg! Here, I write about Power BI stuff in a fun and unique way. I also occasionally write about video game development. Thanks for checking out my blog!

How to Remove the Header Info on Power BI Widgets

If you are like me, maybe you've wondered (and possibly been a little annoyed) how to remove the small pop-up menus that appear on each

Brent Jones

Jul 18, 2019

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Easily Make Your Own Custom Visuals With Charticulator!

Have you ever wondered how you can get that cool circular, spikey, donut-esque looking chart that's being featured on PowerBi.com?

Brent Jones

Jan 20, 2019

887 views

What Kind of Video Game does the World Like to Buy?

I recently got my hands on a great data set related to video games sales worldwide. Not only does it includes sales data, but also genre, Me

Brent Jones

Dec 12, 2018

567 views

Does the 80/20 Rule Appear in Car Sales? A Power BI Analysis

I always here about the 80/20 rule in theory but I've never actually gone out and tried to find it myself. So I decided to test it out w

Brent Jones

Nov 27, 2018

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Improve Your Data Visuals: Stock Prices and Midterm Elections

Let's take a look at some real world data visualization examples and see how we can improve upon them with storytelling techniques. This

Brent Jones

Nov 6, 2018

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MicroStrategy vs Power BI (Report builder tools for desktop)

In this article, I'll go over the pros and cons of Power BI and MicroStrategy's report builder tools.

Brent Jones

Oct 3, 2018

1,055 views

Analyze Your Business's Facebook Page with Power BI

Power BI comes with a Facebook connector that allows you to analyze any Facebook page's posts and comments - your business's page as

Brent Jones

Oct 1, 2018

194 views

Best Book to Learn Data Visualization

In this blog, I'll attempt to use some of the major principles in Cole Knaflic's book "Storytelling With Data" to create i

Brent Jones

Sep 25, 2018

377 views

5 Important Steps to Tell a Story with your Data

Data visualization isn't easy. Many times, it just ends with a quick Excel graph and maybe some explanatory text. As a result, the consu

Brent Jones

Sep 20, 2018

105 views

Power BI: Visual of the Week - WordCloud

Analyzing the NASA Facebook page comments In this blog, I'd like to go over the WordCloud custom visual. It's great for showing cate

Brent Jones

Sep 6, 2018

1,468 views

Dashboard Design Tips: Learning from the Google Trends Dashboard

Read about how to create a simplistic dashboard like Google Trends with Power BI.

Brent Jones

Sep 4, 2018

2,354 views

Power BI: Building a Digital Nomad Dashboard

Read about how to make a Power BI dashboard to help you make a decision on the best countries to visit for a Digital Nomad Excursion!

Brent Jones

Aug 20, 2018

220 views

Power BI: Visual of the Week - Bubble Chart

Create an exciting report and a custom feel with a custom visual in Power BI! Let's take a look at the Bubble chart by Akvelon.

Brent Jones

Aug 17, 2018

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