Adding Narrative Elements to Time-Series Visuals in Power BI

Last month I posted a really exciting infographic on LinkedIn about the evolution of LEGO's product portfolio and its rapid growth in the 21st century driven. In that Power BI tool, I included a native line chart that I had tricked out with data bars and custom labels to tell the story of LEGO over the past 50 years alongside real data. That chart got such a strong reaction that I thought I'd walk through how I set it up in case you're someone who is also excited about adding more storytelling elements to your data visualizations.
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