Power BI makes it really easy to import data, create reports with rich visuals, and then gain insights to make decisions. However one of the tricky things that I found when learning Power BI was that most of the example datasets were for sales and marketing data.

When should you use a bar chart? A donut chart? A funnel chart? Existing tutorials answer these questions fine– but what if you have telemetry or metrics for software projects?

In this post I share some Power BI chart and data model examples that are bit more relevant for software engineers. This makes it easier to build the best possible dashboards for your software or production systems telemetry.

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