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Top-N Questions & Answers in Power BI
Introduction: With the latest update of Power BI, you can now ask top-n type questions and get answers based on your dataset. Questions like ‘What are the top 3 products by sales?’ or ‘Top Manufacturer by country’ are examples. This is also valid for bottom-n type questions like ‘Least selling product in a country’. Steps: 1. Go to your PowerBI Workspace and select your report. 2. Click on the ‘Edit’ button. 3. Select ‘Ask a question’. 4. Type in your question and the visualization will form with the answer based on your dataset. 5. Make changes to your Axis, Legend and Value fields if required. Conclusion: This feature enables the User to obtain important information from the dataset quickly and easily using natural language thereby enhancing the capability of Power BI to provide self-serving business intelligence.