Business Intelligence with Microsoft Power BI - with Material - Creating a Sankey Chart in Power BI

The video tutorial explains how to create and use Sankey charts in Power BI to visualize relationships between categories and subcategories, as well as analyze sales data by region. It covers adding visuals, customizing data labels, and highlights the ease of using Power BI compared to Tableau for creating Sankey charts.

What is the primary purpose of a Sankey chart in Power BI?

• To create pie charts

• To display time series data

• To show relationships between two categories

• To analyze geographical data

Which step is necessary to add a Sankey chart visual in Power BI?

• Select 'Chart' from the main menu

• Click on three dots, get more visuals, and search for 'Sankey'

• Go to 'Data' tab and choose 'Sankey'

• Click on 'Insert' and select 'Sankey Chart'

How can you represent sales data in a Sankey chart?

• By dragging sales data into the 'source' field

• By dragging sales data into the 'destination' field

• By dragging sales data into the 'weight' field

• By dragging sales data into the 'color' field

What customization can be done to improve the clarity of a Sankey chart?

• Change the chart type

• Enable data link labels

• Remove all labels

• Add more categories

Why is creating a Sankey chart in Power BI considered easier than in Tableau?

• Power BI has more chart types

• Power BI requires less data

• Power BI has a simpler interface for adding visuals

• Power BI supports more data sources