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Creating funnel charts from awkward data
Hi
I have a problem from the world of British Further Eduction(FE):
I've demonstrated how Funnel Charts could be useful in FE, from this sample data I created:
Giving a funnel chart like this:
Which is great BUT, unfortunately, in the real world the source data isn't in such a convenient format. Here are 2 sample files of more realistic data formats:
(a) in this format, the "Status" column shows which stage the applicant has achieved; (full file can be found at
https://1drv.ms/x/s!AmxJyApgEAcYgo8NoDs8mx7lBf-Hxg)
(b) In this file, a "Y" indicates the status stated in the column header has been achieved (file is at https://1drv.ms/x/s!AmxJyApgEAcYgo8OZ7cZXMHgwEI70A)
Statuses are defined on the following file (at https://1drv.ms/x/s!AmxJyApgEAcYgo8PLoR2pPl2qJbUtg)
I've tried using Power BI, with the Funnel Chart desktop visualisation, to get a meaningful funnel chart (i.e. like the first one in this post that I generated from my own test data) from either real-world input file formats, without success - could anyone advise me how I might achieve this without resorting to VBA to reformat the input data?
Thanks for your help!
Hi Anonymous
You may try to use 'Unpivot Only Selected Columns' in Query Editor as below. Then create relationships for the 3 sheets. Last, you may create measure or drag the columns to Funnel Visual as requested.
Regards,
Cherie
2 Replies
- v-cherch-msftMicrosoft Employee
Hi Anonymous
You may try to use 'Unpivot Only Selected Columns' in Query Editor as below. Then create relationships for the 3 sheets. Last, you may create measure or drag the columns to Funnel Visual as requested.
Regards,
Cherie
- AnonymousNot applicable
Thank you Cherie - easy when you know how, I've used my data to produce the following Funel Diagram: