Tips to sort and distribute data plots in Power BI reports

This article targets you as a report author designing Power BI reports, when using data plot visuals.

Watch the video demonstrating the top nine tips to sort and distribute data plots in Power BI reports.

Note

This video might use earlier versions of Power BI Desktop or the Power BI service.

Tips

In summary, the top nine tips to sort and distribute data plots in Power BI reports include:

  1. Sort nominal categories
  2. Sort interval categories
  3. Sort ordinal categories
  4. Visualize distant plots
  5. Visualize crowded categorical plots
  6. Visualize crowded time plots
  7. Distribute multiple dimensions
  8. Categorize data plots
  9. Differentiate value plots

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