The key to successful data visualization is context. A collection of charts and graphs on a BI dashboard are great, but without context you’re likely to miss key insights. For example, the red bars on a hospital’s environmental monitoring dashboard may alert you that a problem exists, but when you can click the red bars and see the exact location of the problem on a floor plan, you can formulate an immediate response. Similarly, when a dashboard includes a network diagram that shows real-time server status and you can click a failed server to see the data required to initiate a fix, you’re two steps ahead.

How do you achieve this level of insight? There’s no better way to add context than to enhance Power BI reports with floor plans, network diagrams, process maps, or org charts created in Visio. This session includes multiple live demos of Visio/Power BI integration from an ongoing customer project. The customer’s goal is to provide frontline workers using Teams with easy access to visualizations in Power BI. The customer in this case runs theme parks—which you probably don't!—but there are plenty of useful Power BI tips and techniques for everyone.

Though I can't name the client, it becomes obvious pretty quickly who it is ;-). And this truly is a case study -- the work was accomplished during an 18-month assignment.