Topic
Power BI slicers, bookmarks and navigation
A report is easier to use when each control does one thing well. These articles build a settings panel on a hidden page, a sidebar made of bookmarks that leave the filters alone, a month picker for every KPI, a language switch, and a drawer that knows the theme.
5 articles
Design techniques24 October 202610 min readLight and Dark mode in Power BI: what follows a measure, and what doesn't
A real Light and Dark switch with one slicer and colour measures, and the four things Power BI won't recolour from a measure, with the fix for each one.Page design and themingSlicers and navigation
Design techniques22 October 20269 min readA Power BI month picker for every KPI: the disconnected table
One month picker drives four KPI cards, their change on the previous month and a ten-month trend, without filtering the page. A disconnected table and three measures.Slicers and navigation
Design techniques22 October 20269 min readA collapsible sidebar in Power BI: bookmarks that only touch a few visuals
A sidebar that opens and closes, a chart that turns into a map, and not one filter reset. Two bookmark settings, Selected visuals and Data off, do all of it.Slicers and navigation
Design techniques14 October 20269 min readA bilingual Power BI report with one slicer
Switch a whole Power BI report between French and English with one slicer: a language table, one measure per text, FORMAT with a culture, and one row per language for chart categories.Slicers and navigation
Design techniques14 October 20268 min read