Tracking focal points

User-Oriented Design in Power BI

Maarten Van den Broeck

Content Developer at DataCamp

The Gutenberg layout

The Gutenberg layout has the reader emphasizing the top-left and bottom-right areas.

User-Oriented Design in Power BI

The Z layout

With the Z layout, people read across, then scan to the bottom-left, then read carefully at the end.

User-Oriented Design in Power BI

The F layout

With the F layout, people start eager but lose interest over time and begin scanning down.

User-Oriented Design in Power BI

Focal points

An example of using bokeh to emphasize certain points in an image.

User-Oriented Design in Power BI

The rule of thirds

The Rule of Thirds indicates that the subject of an image should appear in the intersection of the 1/3 points vertically and horizontally.

User-Oriented Design in Power BI

The dataset

  • Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Consumer Price Index (CPI) data
  • 100 = baseline, with baselines being re-normed occasionally
  • Ranges from 1913 to July 2021
  • Broken out by item and geographic region
User-Oriented Design in Power BI

Our audience

  • Research organization looking to understand inflation trends
  • Has data in Power BI but not sure how to maximize its power
User-Oriented Design in Power BI

Let's practice!

User-Oriented Design in Power BI

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