Per previous chapters, the KPI visualization type is commonly used to provide at-a-glance insights in Power BI dashboards and from the Power BI mobile application via mobile-optimized reports and dashboards. Additionally, the slicer visualization type delivers a robust self-service filtering capability to consumers of Power BI content across all data types. Given the importance of these two use cases Microsoft has developed the dual KPI and chiclet slicer custom visualizations to provide even more analytical features and design options such as the percentage change of a KPI value relative to a specific date and the use of images as slicer items.
In this recipe, the steps required to create the headcount and labor expenses dual KPI from enterprise dashboard example in Chapter 5, Creating Power BI Dashboards, are fully described. Additionally...
