Ana Voicu

Beyond the Average: Exploring Customer Spending Distributions in Power BI Introduction Picture this: a stakeholder opens your Power BI sales report. The dashboard looks great.

A stakeholder sees the average spend is $160 and raises prices by 10%. But half the customers spend less than $75.
Is raising prices really a good idea?

Learn how Power BI distributions reveal the truth behind misleading averages in my article
👉 tinyurl.com/pbidistribut...

#PowerBI #DataAnalytics

How to Control Sort Order for Custom Bins in Power BI I was working on a project and I ran into a situation which I think is worth describing in more detail: sorting categories the way humans expect is a common pain in Power BI. In this short guide, I wi...

Power BI loves sorting bins alphabetically 🔤 but your audience doesn’t.
In my latest article, I show how to fix custom sort order with a simple helper column. Clean charts, no confusion 🎯
👉https://tinyurl.com/5amhev4a

#PowerBI #DAX #DataVisualization #BusinessIntelligence

In DAX:
Row context = what’s happening 💻
Filter context = who’s watching 🕵️‍♂️
CALCULATE = the plot twist 😱
#PowerBI #DAX #EvaluationContext #DataVisualization

Spotting Volatility and Outliers with Standard Deviation in Power BI Dashboards are full of numbers that go up and down (sales, website traffic, customer support tickets). Actually, everything in life is full of things that go up and down.

Averages can lie.

Two products can have the same average sales but very different behaviors: one stable, one volatile.
That’s why standard deviation matters in BI.

I wrote an article showing how to spot volatility & outliers in Power BI 👉 tinyurl.com/stddevpbi

#PowerBI #DataAnalytics #Statistics

Why Your Average Isn’t Enough: The Case for Moving Averages - Data Corner Learn how to calculate and use a moving average in Power BI to smooth data, reveal real trends, and build dashboards that give clearer insights.

That “sales boost” in your dashboard? Might just be noise.

In my latest post, I show how moving averages in Power BI can provide more value hidden in your data than the plain old average.

👉 datacorner.io/moving-avera...

#PowerBI #DataAnalytics #BI

🚀 Exciting news! My new #Pluralsight course on Data Integration & Orchestration with Microsoft Fabric is live! 🎉

In just 1 hour, learn how to build pipelines, automate workflows, and optimize data integration in Fabric 💪

🔗 Watch here: app.pluralsight.com/library/cour...

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Wow, Nikola, what a year you've had! It's been a crazy mix of busyness and achievements — so rewarding!
For 2025, I wish you another year of productivity, full of knowledge and exciting data projects, but also with some spare time to wind down and enjoy life along the way.

Happy holidays! 🥂

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