Power BI: Age Pyramid.
Create what demographers refer to as an Age Pyramid, in which each bar represents the makeup of the US population as a whole in 5 year cohorts and create an animated Age Pyramid using data from the US Census Bureau.
Part of the Power BI Work Out Wednesday Challenges, reference below.
Data Source:
The US Census Bureau’s 2017 projections representing the years 2015 – 2060. Connect to this excel file .
*source: US Census Bureau
Challenge Requirements
- Transform the data so that you have four columns in your data table
- Year
- Population
- Sex
- Age
- If you would rather start with a Power BI desktop that includes the modeled data, click here
- Create a measure to calculate the percent of population
- Add two custom visuals to the report:
- Tornado Chart
- Play Axis (dynamic slicer)
- Add a tornado chart including the fields Age, Sex, and % of Population
- Adjust the size of the canvas to fit your age pyramid
- Add the Year to the Play Axis visual and set the animation settings to auto-start and loop
- Add a card visual to display the year
- Ensure that your data labels are clear and remove extraneous text
- Get creative with your design!
Reference: https://www.workout-wednesday.com/2021/04/27/pbi-2021-w17/
Please look at more fun examples of my skills and projects in my Power BI portfolio.
Plus here's my homepage Siri's homepage.