Get Started
The Powerviz Word Cloud Visual is easy to configure. In this section, you will learn how to create an advanced word cloud visual.
Installation Guides
Installation Guides contain the installation process and instructions on how to get a licensed version of Powerviz Word Cloud Visual. Please note that the installation process is the same across all the visuals. You can see the user guide here.
Get Started
| Steps | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Select the Powerviz Word Cloud visual from the visualization pane. |
| 2 | Add at least one Dimension to the Category field. |
| 3 | Add any one Measure into the Measure Field. |
| Finish | Powerviz Word Cloud is now ready. By default it shows top 500 words, words are split based on comma and space, and the case type is title case. |
Use advanced settings to customize all the options in the word cloud except legends and number formatting.
If you only select one dimension for the category field, then the word cloud will still be built as per the frequency of the word. You do not require measure data in this case.
Open the advanced settings to make high-quality visuals that fit your needs.
Watch the setup video for Powerviz Word Cloud visual.
Field Requirements
Word clouds are commonly used to quickly summarize and visualize the most common words or phrases in a body of text. A word cloud visual shows the word based on their frequency or measure selected.
We have the following fields available in the Word Cloud field tab:
Category Data: This consists of any dimension field which contains the text you want to display. You can add more than 1 dimension field to visualize. In case you have added more than one dimension in the category field, a hierarchy will be created and to show the next level click on expand all.
Measure Data: The text will be resized according to this value. This consists of any one numeric column (this field and category data field could be the same as well)
If you only select one dimension for the category filed, then the word cloud will still be built as per the frequency of a word. You do not require measure data in this case.
Tooltip: It is a Power BI native option; you can use it to show additional information about each category on the tooltip. You can also use a tooltip to apply measure-type conditional formatting.
Show: This option allows you to control the visual rendering based on a specific rule. You need to add a Boolean-type (0 or 1) column or measure. If the output is 1, the visual will be visible; otherwise, the visual will show the error message. To know more about this option, read this section on Show condition.
Only one column or calculated measure/calculated column can be added in the Show field.