The solution: a robust approach using Power Query + SVGs PBIX available for download at the end of this article!🥳 Introduction So I’ve been running into this problem (or challenge) for a while: cropping images — profile pictures, avatars, property images, and more — into circular shapes for table visuals. The image data I usually have access to comes in rectangular or square formats, but for many of my designs, it just feels like these images would look much better if they

PBIX available at the end of this article! 🥳 When Microsoft said they were revamping the Image visual, I was really excited, and after experimenting with it, even more by all the design options and capabilities it offers! 🤩 The new Image visual finally gives us the dynamic, flexible, pixel-perfect control we’ve needed for years. Here’s a short demo of a visual card I created with it! And if you also work with icons, SVGs, KPIs, navigation elements, nudges, or any kind of mi

A flexible, scalable way to generate beautiful SVG pills for statuses, priorities, and tags using Power BI’s new User-Defined Functions. PBIX available at the end of this article 🎉! Introduction Power BI’s new User-Defined Functions (UDFs) have opened up a whole new way to streamline and accelerate both team and individual report development. As I start to integrate them into more and more projects, some patterns are clearly emerging: a few UDFs end up being reused everywher

A DAX-based workaround to add color logic where Power BI doesn’t (yet) let us 😅 PBIX available for download at the end of this article 🥳! Introduction I love Power BI’s chart labels, so many improvements have been brought to them over the years and they really do empower us to display insights in a meaningful. However, one of the current limitation is that we can’t conditionally format their background 😝. It’s not a HUGE problem, but depending on your dashboard’s visual st