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Using Time Periods as Slicers to Enhance Power BI Line or Area Charts’ Range
Enhancing Data Visualization: Mastering Time Frame Selection in Power BI Reports
5 min readDec 13, 2023
PBIX file available for download at the end of this article.
Introduction
The flexibility to choose a specific time frame for data visualization can be very helpful, especially in domains like stock/asset data analysis. This feature, commonly seen in platforms like Google Finance and CoinMarketCap, allows users to tailor their data analysis to specific periods, offering more targeted insights.
In this article, I’ve utilized data from Investing.Com to create the visuals showcased in the cover image. I will guide you through the detailed steps to replicate these visuals in Power BI. Below is a glimpse of the Stock Data table loaded into Power BI, which forms the basis of our analysis:
