Design Meets Data: The Art of Crafting Captivating Power BI Themes

Ethan Guyant
Microsoft Power BI
Published in
25 min readMar 22, 2024

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Dive into the details of blending design and data with custom Power BI themes.

Originally published at http://ethanguyant.com on March 22, 2024.

At the intersection of design and data, crafting Power BI themes emerges as a crucial skill for effective and impactful reports that provide a clear and consistent experience. Through thoughtful design choices in color, font, and layout, we can elevate our report development strategy.

Let’s dive into the details of Power BI theme creation and unlock the potential to make our reports informative, impactful, and remembered. Keep reading to explore the blend of design and data, where every detail in our report is under our control.

Throughout this post we will be creating a Power BI theme file and a Power BI report to test our theme, both the file and report are available at the end of the post. Here is what we will explore.

  1. Introduction to Power BI Themes
  2. The Anatomy of a Power BI Theme
  3. Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Our First Power BI Theme
  4. Advanced Customization
  5. Implementing Custom Themes in Power BI Reports
  6. Creating a Template Report to Test Our Theme

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