Get Creative with Power BI Custom Visuals: Make Your Reports Pop
Power BI Custom Visuals are additional visualizations that can be added to Power BI reports and dashboards to provide users with more options for displaying and analyzing their data.
Custom visuals are created by third-party developers and are available for download from the Microsoft AppSource marketplace.
Custom visuals can be added to a Power BI report or dashboard by importing them from the AppSource marketplace, or by installing them from a .pbiviz file. Once a custom visual has been added to a report or dashboard, it can be used just like any other built-in visualization. Custom visuals can be filtered, sorted, and configured to display data in different ways.
Custom visuals in Power BI are custom-made visualizations that you can use in your dashboards and reports. They can be created by developers using the Power BI Visualization API or by using third-party tools like the Power BI Custom Visual Tool.
Custom visuals can be useful in several ways:
- They can provide visualization options that are not available in the standard Power BI visual library.
- They can be customized to fit specific needs or preferences.
- They can be used to create unique and engaging visualizations that stand out from the standard Power BI visuals.
Here are some examples of custom visuals that are available:
- Gantt chart
- Tree map
- Waterfall chart
- Sankey diagram
- Heat map
- Word cloud
- Funnel chart
- Bullet graph
- And many more
To use custom visuals in Power BI, you need to have a Power BI Pro subscription. Once you have a Power BI Pro subscription, you can install custom visuals from the Power BI Visuals Gallery or from a third-party source.
To install a custom visual, follow these steps:
- Open your dashboard or report in Power BI.
- Click on the “Custom Visuals” icon in the Visualizations pane on the right side of the screen.
- Click on the “Import a custom visual” button.
- Select the custom visual that you want to install from the list or browse to the file on your computer.
- Click on the “Import” button to install the custom visual.
Once you have installed a custom visual, you can use it just like any other visual in Power BI. You can customize the visual using the options in the Visualizations pane, and you can filter and interact with the visual in the same way as you would with a standard Power BI visual.