Creating a distribution visual in Power BI helps you understand how your data is spread. Here’s how to do it:
- Navigate to your dataset in Power BI that you want to create a distribution visualization for.
- Click 'Edit' to enter edit mode where you can customize your distribution visualization settings.
- Access additional formatting options by clicking the three-dot menu in the visualizations pane.
- Select 'Get more visuals' to explore distribution chart options not included in the standard visuals.
- Type ‘Histogram' in the search bar to find relevant visualization types for showing data distributions.
- Choose 'Histogram Chart' from the options - it's the perfect visual for showing how your data is distributed across ranges.
- Click 'Add' to include the histogram visualization in your Power BI report.
- Drag the numeric field you want to analyze into the 'Values' area of the visualization pane.
- Select your newly created histogram chart to activate the formatting options specific to distribution analysis.
- Power BI automatically calculates the distribution by counting data points in each bin. You can adjust bin sizes in the formatting pane for more detailed analysis.
