Power BI Data Storytelling

Milan’s Power BIUserGroup

Once Upon A Time…

Lorenzo Vercellati

SolidQ

Senior BI Developer

9 yrs on the Dark Side of DB (Oracle), SQL Server since SQL 2005

Medieval History Graduate, Homebrewer, Storytelling addicted

@supergimi

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorenzovercellati/

Agenda

• Why Data Storytelling?

• Data Storytelling Principles

• Let Demo Tell

• Behind the Scene

• Q&A

Why Data Storytelling?

Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today

- Robert McKee

BI Projects are big stuff, but Reports & Dashboards only are visible to Users

You Need Something like This

Not This One

Between Art and Science to Improve Insights

Data Storytelling Principles

Provide easy navigation

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Be dynamic

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SA

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Have guided experiences

Have interactive experiences

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Progressive disclosure

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Let Demo Tell

Behind The Scene

Who drives the narrative?

Author-driven

narrative

• Linear ordering

of scenes

• Heavy

messaging

• No interactivty

Reader-driven

narrative

• No prescibed

ordering

• No messaging

• Free interactivty

How to build stories

Exposition Development Denouement

Author-drivennarrative

• Linear ordering ofscenes

• Heavy messaging

• No interactivty

How to build data stories

Exposition Development Conclusions

Balancing Author-driven and Reader-Drive

• Linear ordering ofscenes

• Some messaging

• Allows interactivityand gets furtherinsights

Building blocks on Power BI to storytelling

Building blocks in Power BI to storytelling

Data

analysis

Build the

data

model

Design

scenes

Implement

scenes

connectors

Test

Share

Building blocks in Power BI to storytelling

Data

analysis

Build

the data

model

Design

scenes

Implement

scenes

connectors

Test

Share

Design scenes

Implement scenes

connectors

Building blocks in Power BI to storytelling

Design scenes

Implement scenes

connectors

Design scenes

Considering visualization best practices

Using best-fit visuals

Playing with images when suitable

Adding dynamic text

Add tooltip pages as nested scenes

Visual selectionreference

Implement scenes

connectors

Setting up drill through and tooltip pages

end points

Create bookmarks

Using actionable images and buttons

Exploit visuals with its own scenes

Implement animations

Credits

Amanda Cofsky

Victor Garcia Sanchez

Pau Sempere

Communitylinks

• https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Data-Stories-

Gallery/Easter-Bunny-Hunt/m-p/378883#M1708

• https://powerbi.tips/product/layout-cool-blue/

• https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Data-Stories-

Gallery/Power-BI-Gartner-Bakeoff-entry-Opioid-

Gallery/m-p/377969#M1702

• https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Data-Stories-

Gallery/Mind-Reading-Card-Trick/m-p/330548

• https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Data-Stories-

Gallery/Food-Hygiene-Ratings-Map-of-Wales-

Takeaways-Bars-Restaurants/m-p/328503

• https://1drv.ms/u/s!AhrHQG3fCq7RnKk7CVHnL68

0mDoq-A

Suggested Library

• Alberto Cairo - L'arte funzionale

• Cole Knaflic - Storytelling with data

• Stephanie Evergreen - Effective data visualization

• Garr Reynolds - Presentation Zen

• Nancy Duarte - Slide:ology

If I had asked people what They wanted, They would say faster horses

- Henry Ford

Q&A

THANK YOU!