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To show how to create the dashboard I divided the canvas in 3 sections I going to dedicate one post for every section, and the another 2 posts for the tooltip and drill through   Adding Census Year slicer First we are going to add the census year filter. This filter will affect all visual in our dashboard. Select the slicer visual and the census_year field from the US Population ACS5 table Before diving into specifics formats, disable/enable the following formatting options to match the bellow image. Now in the selection control section change to Single select   Change the Text size, Alignment, and Color for Items,  Title and Border sections The final result Adding the Cards Select the Card visual and drag and drop total_population measure into the Fields box Rename the Fields from total_population → Total Population The formatting options are: In the Data label section, change...

Adding new measures. This is a simple dashboard, just one filter (census survey year) and  few calculated measures. The measures are: Total Population Previous Year Population Change Percent Population Change Percent of US Population also, there are two calculated measures to format and add additional information to the dashboard. Value color (Green if current year population is greater than previous year population otherwise Red) Most populated counties chart header (to show selected states) To add a new measure, right-click on the US Population ACS5 table and select New Measure the add the formula for total_population and select the thousands separator format Repeat this process to add prev_census_tot_pop = VAR   PreviousCensusYear  =      MAX  (  'US Population ACS5'[census_year]  )  -  1 RETURN      CALCULATE  (  ...

Introduction The American Community Survey (ACS) is different from the decennial Census, it asked more questions to provide information about education, housing, jobs and more. The ACS is conducted each month in order to provide current information to communities every year the decennial census is conducted every 10 years and ask a shorter set of questions to provide an official count of the entire US population. The ACS is especially important local communities depend on information from this survey to decide where schools, highways, hospitals, and other important services are needed. The 5-year estimates from the ACS are "period" estimates that represent data collected over a period of time. The primary advantage of using multiyear estimates is the increased statistical reliability of the data for less populated areas and small population subgroups, and unlike the 1-year estimates, geographies do not have to meet a particular population threshold in order to be publ...