Charticulator Resources
Creating custom visuals using the Charticulator visual in Power BI is not 100% intuitive. So here are some links to some Charticulator resources I’ve used to skill up and some resources I’ve created.
Microsoft’s Resources
Charticulator was created by Microsoft Research and is Open Source. So they have some great Charticulator resources to help you get started.
- Charticulator Website – https://charticulator.com/
- Microsoft’s Announcement – https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-new-charticulator-visual-public-preview/
- Microsoft’s GitHub of Resources – https://github.com/microsoft/charticulator
- Research Team Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EZq4QolNy4
Blogs and Videos
One great resource to help me get started was the tutorials by Burning Suit. They’ve even written an brilliant book on the topic. Also other content creators have videos and blogs all with some great ideas and different ways to get you started.
- BurningSuit – https://www.burningsuit.co.uk/charticulator-in-power-bi-1/
- And their book – https://www.burningsuit.co.uk/our-book-introducing-charticulator-for-power-bi/
- Paul Turley’s Slide Deck – https://sqlserverbi.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/can-you-say-charticulator-paul-turley.pdf
- Enterprise DNA Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORKTLUAFXnI
- RADACAD’s Introduction Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtyxTNnEvnw
My Charticulator Resources
How I learn new topics is by creating content to share. So I’ve created a blog post and a few videos. I need to create more and they are coming.
- Simple Chart Post – https://hatfullofdata.blog/charticulator-simple-custom-chart/
- Simple Chart Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7YtRPnoc7M
- Grid Chart – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb56crKEJN4
- Heat Map – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz2b1tchFJo
Conclusion
After reading this, please let me know if this was useful. Then please point out the links I’ve missed out. There are other great custom visual options out there and Charticulator has its place amongst the great ones.
