An Introduction to Deneb: Declarative Visualization in Power BI
Create any custom visualization using the well-established Vega languages for interactive graphics
Here's What You'll Get
With The Course
Over 2 hours of
video training
Resource Pack
Power BI models and reports showcasing all the examples used during the course
Develop an interactive Power BI Solutions That Will Engage Your Consumers
- An Introduction to Deneb: Declarative Visualization in Power BI is an intermediate-level course created for those who want finer-grained control over the display of their visualizations than that provided by the standard visuals in Power BI
- Deneb gives the author the ability and flexibility to create just about any visualization using the well-established Vega languages for interactive graphics.
Details Of What You Will Learn
During This Course
- Create - a Deneb visual in Power BI using a built-in or custom template
- Create - a Deneb visual in Power BI from scratch
- Link-leverage - the interactivity available in Vega-Lite to link multiple visuals in a single Deneb specification
- Compose - a visual consisting of many overlapping-or-concatenated simple visuals
- Integrate - a Deneb visual with the colour theme of a Power BI report
- Use - development aids (e.g., text editor, visual Studio code, etc.) to enhance the visual creation experience
This Course Module is Tailored for:
Data Analysts
Reporting Managers
Excel Users
LEARN HOW TO
Utilize the key features within Power BI
- Unleash the visualization potential sitting within Power BI desktop
- Design incredible looking reports that make consumers go wow
- Learn how to impress those around you with an end to end Power BI solutions
- Learn the key best practices to designing great looking dashboards
- Begin from a blank canvas and implement key design techniques
- Bring all your development and modelling expertise together
Course Curriculum
1. Introduction to the Course
- What is Deneb, including Deneb Website
- What is Vega-Lite (VL), including VL website
- Getting Deneb (App Source, standalone [GitHub])
- The Deneb Interface
- Code Blocks (simple, advanced; data, mark, encoding, transform, params, opacity, etc.)
- View Composition (layer, concatenation, facet, repeat)
- Colours (named, HEX codes, VL, Deneb v1.1 & Power BI themes)
- Bar and Column Charts (standard, stack, normalize, exchange "x" and "y" to render as column charts)
- Line Charts (standard, smoothing, trail, slope [i.e., 2 points], area)
2. Charts and templates
- Heat Maps
- Circular Charts (pie, donut, KPI donut, speedometer)
- Linked Charts (overview & detail, brush)
- Composite Charts (ring chart, heat map with marginal bar charts)
- Example - Bar Chart with internal labels and values
- Example - Gantt Chart
- Example - Linked Charts (scatter and bar)
- How to use Deneb Templates
- How to use Visual Studio Code as a development aid
Your Instructor
Greg Philps
Enterprise DNA certified in Power BI, with over ten eDNA courses completed.
Completed many data-focussed IT projects for the Canadian government over the last decade, the last 2 years as a Power BI consultant.
Skilled at developing and implementing clear and simple data transformation logic, data cleansing routines, and data models, using DAX, Power Query, and paginated reports.
Extensive experience as well with other Microsoft BI tools, including those for the design, development, and deployment of data warehouses (SSAS), ETL packages (SSIS), SQL queries (SSMS), and reports (SSRS).
Frequently Asked Questions
- How long do I have access to the course? You have access to this course as long as you have Enterprise DNA On-Demand Subscription.
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- What if I need to train my team? We recommend exploring Enterprise DNA For Business. To learn more, see here.
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