Quick summary
A histogram in Power BI is created by installing the Histogram Chart custom visual from the marketplace and mapping a data field so Power BI automatically groups entries into frequency bins. This tutorial walks through every step, from entering edit mode to rendering a fully populated histogram visualization.
Steps
- Navigate to your data in the Power BI home screen to get started.
- Click Edit to enter edit mode and unlock visualization settings for your report.
- Open the three-dot menu on the Visualizations pane to access additional formatting options.
- Select Get more visuals to open the Power BI AppSource marketplace.
- Search the marketplace to find the specific visualization you need.
- Select Histogram Chart as your target visual from the search results.
- Click Add to install the Histogram Chart visual into your Power BI toolkit.
- Select the data field you want to visualize in the new histogram chart.
- Click on the histogram chart visual to activate it on your report canvas.
- Power BI will automatically count entries and sort them into frequency bins to complete your histogram.
