PBIBRUM - April meetup with Lightning Talks & Juliana Smith

17:45 - Welcome & networking

18:00 - Introductions

18:05 - Lightning talks from:

Jason Conway: Power BI Goes Dating - Supercharge Date Filtering With 2 Simple Data Modelling Techniques

Meghana Karnati: A Fabric-ated Solution to a Seemingly Simple Request

Nick Cahm: From Keeping Score to Driving Change - Data Stories of an Accidental Analyst

18:55 - Break

19:10 - Juliana Smith: Implementing alternative accessible colours in Power BI reports

When designing visuals and reports, it’s extremely important to consider those who are not able to see the difference between certain colours. For those who are colour-blind, the ability to differentiate certain hues depends on the colour contrast ratio. Approximately 350 million people around the world experience some form of colour-blindness (inability to see the difference between certain colours).

Ideally, we should always try to use accessible colours when designing reports but often this is not possible due to existing branding guidelines and colour conventions like RAG (red, amber, green) used to report on performance and progress. The absence of easily accessible options for toggling between various themes and colour schemes in Power BI often results in reports that lack accessibility.

This session will touch base on built-in accessibility features on Power BI as well as WCAG regulations on the use of colours. I will also present a solution that enables the end-users toggling between standard and accessible views.

Optimising reports for people affected by vision impairment ensure equitable opportunities for all users. . Taking diversity, inclusion and equity into account when designing visualisations and reports is a good way to express care and concern for all colleagues and stakeholders. It increases trust, collaboration and even innovation.

20:00 - Finish