Summary

In this chapter, we began by introducing the concept of data visualization and discussed some of the important questions and design principles that should be taken into consideration to ensure the narrative is clear, concise, and data-driven rather than being based on bias and gut feeling. We discussed some of the different chart types and when to use them.

Next, we introduced the dashboard capabilities of the Azure Data Explorer Web UI and learned how to navigate the dashboard window, how to create dashboards and apply the design principles discussed in the previous section, and then understood how to share dashboards and how to make dashboards interactive by creating filters, which can be used by your stakeholders.

Finally, we explained how to integrate ADX with Power BI and how to create a work account using Azure Active Directory, as well as how to connect our ADX instance to Power BI as a data source. We created a report in Power BI to display the storm event locations...