From the course: Excel Business Intelligence: Power Pivot and DAX

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Data visualization options

Data visualization options

- [Instructor] Okay quick work on data visualization options, now you might've noticed that data vis is an area that we didn't dig super deep into as part of this course. And there were a few reasons why that was the case. For one, you could create entire courses about data vis specifically, in fact I've got a separate course covering data vis with Excel charts and graphs. I've got a pivot course that has a whole section on pivot charts and the fact is the purpose and the focus of this particular course was more on the unique tools and the fundamental concepts behind these new Bi capabilities. Because once you get those fundamentals down and once you learn how to use these tools really, really well, then the visualization piece can follow. Now that said, there are several options for visualization visuals and reports form your data model. The most common and in many cases the most effective option is simply to work with pivot tables, pivot charts and conditional formatting. So like…

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