Next-Level Dashboard Design With Power BI’s New Card Visual With Reference Labels

Harnessing the Full Potential of Power BI’s Latest KPI Card Breakthrough

By Isabelle Bittar for KI Data Science

PBIX file available for download at the end of this article.

Introduction

When Power BI’s new card visual with reference labels came out in November 2023, I was really excited to start experimenting with it, since I found that the visualizations developed with it, as showcased in Microsoft’s documentation, were particularly captivating!

Excerpt of the Microsoft Power BI’s Documentation on the New Card’s Reference Labels

Following my experimentation, I really do find these cards awesome! The degree of customization you can bring to them is impressive and it helps build compelling dashboards using a limited range of shapes and visuals, thereby enhancing report performance.

My favorite features of these new cards include:

• The ability to apply consistent formatting settings across multiple card values for a cohesive visual presentation.
• The flexibility to specify exceptions to these formatting options for individual cards, reference labels, details…