Post #1774

Must-Know Power BI Charts & When to Use Them 1. Bar/Column Chart Use for: Comparing values across categories Example: Sales by region, revenue by product 2. Line Chart Use for: Trends over time Example: Monthly website visits, stock price over years 3. Pie/Donut Chart Use for: Showing proportions of a whole Example: Market share by brand, budget distribution 4. Table/Matrix Use for: Detailed data display with multiple dimensions Example: Sales by product and month, performance by employee and region 5. Card/KPI Use for: Displaying single important metrics Example: Total Revenue, Current Month’s Profit 6. Area Chart Use for: Showing cumulative trends Example: Cumulative sales over time 7. Stacked Bar/Column Chart Use for: Comparing total and subcategories Example: Sales by region and product category 8. Clustered Bar/Column Chart Use for: Comparing multiple series side-by-side Example: Revenue and Profit by product 9. Waterfall Chart Use for: Visualizing increment/decrement over a value Example: Profit breakdown – revenue, costs, taxes 10. Scatter Chart Use for: Relationship between two numerical values Example: Marketing spend vs revenue, age vs income 11. Funnel Chart Use for: Showing steps in a process Example: Sales pipeline, user conversion funnel 12. Treemap Use for: Hierarchical data in a nested format Example: Sales by category and sub-category 13. Gauge Chart Use for: Progress toward a goal Example: % of sales target achieved Hope it helps :) #powerbi