Visualisation for Data Science

Predict
Predict Summary
In this predict, we will use PowerBI to connect to new data sources related to Eskom’s power generation, change the data source locations, and
create new visuals to derive the insight required to appropriately answer several MCQs.

Theme Objective Outcome

● Changed the source of the

PowerBI data files to the path on
Experiment with different
1 Data Sourcing PowerBI data connectors
●
your local machine
Sourced additional Eskom Excel
data files

● Filled the missing values of the

Eskom Excel files with the
Clean, transform and format
2 Data Formatting sourced data
●
approximate feature averages
Created feature relations

● Added various visuals including:

○ Slicers,
Fix ‘broken’ dashboard and
3 Data Visualisation create new visuals
○ Cards, and
○ Line charts

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Agenda

01
Problem Introduction

02
Connecting to the Data

03
Sourcing Additional Data and Setting Relationships

04
Creating Visuals

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Problem Introduction: The National Energy Crisis
In this predict, we will use Eskom data to build an informative dashboard using Microsoft Power BI.
The dashboard, with its underlying reports, will be used to derive insight into the current South African energy crisis and answer multiple-
choice questions.

You will be supplied with a ‘broken’ dashboard and the underlying data.

Your task is to:

1) Correctly source the data
2) Fix the relationships, and
3) Create the appropriate visuals

The reports you have created will be used to answer the multiple choice
questions at the end of this predict.

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Agenda

01
Problem Introduction

02
Connecting to the Data

03 Sourcing Additional Data and Setting Relationships

04
Creating Visuals

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Connecting to the Data
In this predict, we will use XLSX and CSV files to source the data.

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

Download and unzip the Download the Power BI file

folder with the XLSX and containing the broken Change the data source
CSV files: ‘dashboard’: directory for each file in
the Eskom-Data-Power-
Eskom-Data-Power-BI- Eskom-Visualisation4DS- BI-Predict folder.
Predict.zip student-version.pbix

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Agenda

01
Problem Introduction

02
Connecting to the Data

03
Sourcing Additional Data and Setting Relationships

04
Creating Visuals

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Sourcing Additional data and Setting Relationships
When opening the ‘broken’ dashboard, you will note that the ‘Capacity and Efficiency’ visuals are not working. This is because the datasets for
these visuals and their corresponding relationships are not set up. To properly source the data and set up the relationships, we will be following
the steps below:

Steps for connecting to the Eskom

Source Data
Capacities and Efficiencies Datasets:

1. Use the Power BI ‘Get Data’ Excel connector

and connect to the Eskom Electric Stations
Capacities.xlsx dataset
2. Select ‘Sheet2’
3. Click on ‘Load’

Create Relationship
4. Repeat steps 1-3 for the Eskom power stations
efficiencies.xlsx dataset
5. Rename the Efficiencies dataset to ‘Eskom-
Efficiencies’ and the Capacities dataset to
‘Eskom-Capacities’
6. Create a 1-1 relationship between the ‘Names’
column of the Eskom-Capacities and Eskom-
Efficiencies datasets

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Sourcing Additional data and Setting Relationships
With the Eskom Efficiencies and Capacities datasets sourced and the relationships created, the next steps are concerned with cleaning the data
to get it in a workable format. To do this, we are going to replace the empty and null value columns with the column average.

and Data Functions

Steps for cleaning the Capacities

Access Datasets
Dataset

1. Access the Power Query Editor via the

‘Transform Data’ button and navigate to the
Eskom-Capacities dataset (you will notice a lot of
columns with ‘null’ entries)
2. Remove ‘Steam Capacity’ and ‘Column10’
3. For the ‘max nominal capacity (MW)’ column -

Replace ‘null’ values

fill the missing value with 1352
4. Select the ‘Plant Lifetime’ column and replace
‘null’ values with 50
5. For the ‘Nominal Unit capacity (MW)’ column -
fill the missing values with 510
6. For the ‘Number of Units column’ - fill the
missing values with 5

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Sourcing Additional data and Setting Relationships
With the Eskom Efficiencies and Capacities datasets now sourced and the relationships created, the next steps are concerned with cleaning the
data to get it in a workable format. To do this, we are going to replace the empty or null value columns with the column average

Steps for cleaning the Efficiencies

Replace ‘null’ values

Dataset

1. Remove ‘Column10’
2. For ‘Fixed Operation and Maintenance Cost’ - fill
the missing values with 188
3. For ‘Variable Operation and Maintenance Cost’ -
fill the missing values with 45
4. For ‘Ramp Rate per hour’ - fill the missing
values with .3068
5. For ‘Energy Efficiency’ - fill the missing values
with .326731

Set the Data Type

6. For ‘heat rate’ - fill the missing values with
10589.22
7. For ‘availability’ - fill the missing values
with .6707 (approx. average)
8. For ‘design efficiency’ - fill the missing values
with .350889
9. Set the data types for all columns i.e. %, whole
number, etc.
10. Remove the bottom 67 rows and the top 1 row

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Agenda

01
Problem Introduction

02
Connecting to the Data

03
Sourcing Additional Data and Setting Relationships

04
Creating Visuals

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Infrastructure Dashboard

The infrastructure dashboard gives us insight into attributes of each station. Using Power BI slicers and filters we can draw correlations between
station attributes, and explore and analyse this dataset in-depth.
Using what you’ve learnt up to this point, you are tasked to restore the supplied ‘broken’ infrastructure dashboard. You may use the below standing as guidance in your quest to rebuild
the dashboard

Slicers Cards Table Visuals

Add the feature ‘Avg. of
Add the features nominal_capacity_MW’ to the
Add an average electricity
Add a location slicer ‘station_name’ and ‘count of column values field of the line
generated in MW card
id’ to the table and stacked column chart

Add the feature

Add the features ‘commissioned_year_end’ to
Add a total number of stations
Add a station slicer ‘nominal_capacity_MW’ and the line values field of the line
card
‘province’ to the table and stacked column chart

Add a summary of stations

Add the features Add the feature
card.
‘operator_name’ and ‘commission_year_start’ to the
Add a station type slicer Hint: Count of station_name
‘installed_capacity’ to the table tooltips field of the line and
feature and the status feature
stacked column chart
might be helpful

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Capacity and Efficiency Dashboard

The Eskom capacity and efficiency dashboard is aimed at providing information on individual station performance.
Before data is sourced, cleaned
and relationships are created

Guidelines for fixing the Eskom Capacity and Efficiency dashboard

Slicers
Add a ‘number of units’ slicer to the dashboard. Set the slicer type as between

Cards
Add the following cards to the report:
and relationships are created
After data is sourced, cleaned

• Avg. of Ramp Rate (%/hr)

• Avg. of variable operations and maintenance costs

Visuals
• For the scatter chart, add the feature ‘Max nominal capacity (MW)’ to the size
column
• For the clustered bar chart add the feature ‘status’ to the visualisations legend
field
Twitter Dashboard
The twitter dashboard summarises Eskom mentions (@) and tags (#) over a defined period

Municipality slicer Hashtags slicer

Add a municipality slicer of type ‘dropdown’
3 4 Add a hashtags slicer of type ‘dropdown’ to
to the dashboard the dashboard

Date slicer Multirow card

Add a date slicer of type ‘between’ to the 2 5 Add the feature ‘count of hashtags’ to the
dashboard multi-row card visual

Import visuals Addition of Tweets feature

If you have not yet done so – click on the
1 6 To the table add the feature ‘Tweets’. Insert
‘Get more visuals’ button and download the this feature in the table values column
WordCloud 2.0 visual and the Scroller visual
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