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Jakub Kaczanowski on 08 Jan 2015 13:25:15

How sexy the data looks is sometimes more important than how accurate it is!

I love a light grey/dark grey colour scheme as much as the next person, but it be great to be able to brand the dashboard with the organisation colours/background watermark/logos etc. Maybe offer an option to modify the default CSS used - similar to how blogging sites like blogger allow you to change your page layouts/colours with a simple admin gui or completely change it by rewriting the CSS

Administrator on 18 May 2018 14:47:27

Hey everyone - I'm excited to share that we shipped dashboard theming this week: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-dashboard-theming-in-the-power-bi-service/. Give it a try and let us know if you have any feedback! Well, with Power BI, not only keep your data accurate but you can also now make it look - as Jakub originally stated in this idea - sexy. :)

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c989a36c 4179-4b43-a9bc-97b794be8bc0 on 05 Jul 2020 23:58:55

RE: Custom branding/colour scheme of dashboard (custom css?)

I would still like CSS level control. It is a standard after all.

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4f4eb5da 4fc0-e911-a993-000d3a4f3343 on 05 Jul 2020 23:55:44

RE: Custom branding/colour scheme of dashboard (custom css?)

we need custom branding of the power BI service headers too. Instead of Power BI logo clients want to see their own logo and color in the headers.

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a3482e97 accf-49cb-a421-a36678f68cd3 on 05 Jul 2020 23:27:13

RE: Custom branding/colour scheme of dashboard (custom css?)

clients are asking for this feature and microsoft need to add it

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6d0b3103 b22c-421a-a868-223e3cc163c4 on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:28

RE: Custom branding/colour scheme of dashboard (custom css?)

'@Anonymous, with your description, it looks like you're trying to theme a report on Desktop. Can you try it on a dashboard in the service? Better yet, download the Light theme for yourself by clicking on the "Download JSON theme" on the dashboard theme pane.

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46bdc61c d14b-436b-8f9c-223208f88a15 on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:14

RE: Custom branding/colour scheme of dashboard (custom css?)

Well - it is a good start :-) However you still need to address titles and subtitles: No way to center/middle style and no way to change the size of the titles/subtitles.

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075d84d3 1498-4438-afc1-cd7beb30d7e3 on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:14

RE: Custom branding/colour scheme of dashboard (custom css?)

The below code from Microsoft does not work:
{

"name":"Light",

"foreground":"#000000",

"background":"#EAEAEA",

"dataColors":["#01B8AA","#374649","#FD625E","#F2C80F","#5F6B6D","#8AD4EB","#FE9666","#A66999"],

"tiles":{"background":"#FFFFFF","color":"#000000"},

"visualStyles":{"*":{"*":{"*":[{"color":{"solid":{"color":"#000000"}}}]}}}

}



Note: the newly added tiles code -
"tiles":{"background":"#FFFFFF","color":"#000000"},
is the problem.

Please run the code and let me know if I am doing something wrong or there is a problem in the code itself.

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8c125137 2c42-ea11-a812-000d3a579c33 on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:17

RE: Custom branding/colour scheme of dashboard (custom css?)

Well, the May update is out and not even a hint of any new "theming" functionality - can we please have an update?

I will state again that "theming" should/will be a HUGE change and it will most certainly take a LOT of time and effort to add "themes".

Can we PLEASE have some sort of roadmap!!!

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0cd6ec6b 4a70-4541-86c4-cf3dca6c8d9f on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:37

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I hate to say but branding - including our logo - is a deal breaker for us, and now that Spring has sprung without a release that I know of, my company has to move forward soon with a competitor's product. Unless there a latest word anyone knows about?

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eee6649d 7f27-41c8-969d-30c9d8dee026 on 05 Jul 2020 23:14:34

RE: Custom branding/colour scheme of dashboard (custom css?)

this looks like it should be an excellent addition to Power BI's existing theming capabilities

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7d08a934 287f-470d-af72-1243f6368550 on 05 Jul 2020 23:13:08

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Does this also allow us to change the font? I have just spent about an hour changing and standardizing the fonts in the report and when I pin it to a dashboard, some changed to the new font and some stayed at the default font. Do I have to go and now change everything back to default? I hate that font! Thanks :)