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title: Power BI Custom Visuals - Beyondsoft Calendar
description: The Beyondsoft Calendar Power BI Custom Visual displays a single metric across a month calendar.
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# [Power BI Custom Visuals - Beyondsoft Calendar](https://pragmaticworks.com/blog/power-bi-custom-visuals-beyondsoft-calendar)

 Written by [Devin Knight](https://pragmaticworks.com/blog/author/devin-knight) | Aug 03, 2017

In this module, you will learn how to use the Beyondsoft Calendar Custom Visual.  The Beyondsoft Calendar displays a single metric across a month calendar.

### Module 62 – Beyondsoft Calendar

### Downloads

- Power BI Custom Visual – [Beyondsoft Calendar](https://pragmaticworksonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/FileShare/Ejn3BZIKy-NHk0DHsQUqT5QBx8WaO5HCyu0Qo7pWOzaWmw?e=C3zOvP)
- Dataset – [Daily Sales Results.xlsx](https://pragmaticworksonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/FileShare/EhoewwZuAWlApgdDh0LbnTYBC2trtOG489e3tW5t7IlDBA?e=Usiwg6)
- Completed Example – [Module 62 – Beyondsoft Calendar.pbix](https://pragmaticworksonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/FileShare/EhoewwZuAWlApgdDh0LbnTYBC2trtOG489e3tW5t7IlDBA?e=Usiwg6)

Key Takeaways

- Visualize your data on a month calendar.
- To view different months you should add a slicer to your report.
- Displays a single measure but you can use a tooltip to show others.

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/image31.png>

*This Beyondsoft Calendar displays sales that occurred in the month of July.*

- Under the **Format** paintbrush there are several sections available to modify the appearance of this visual.
- Under the **Calendar Format **section, you can adjust some of the text that is displayed on the calendar. For example, you can change the weekday format, month year format and text formatting.

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/image32.png>

- Under the **Data Colors **section, you can turn on how the colors are displayed on each day of the calendar.

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/image33.png>

- In the **Data Labels** section, you can change the formatting of the metric shown on the calendar.

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/image34.png>

In addition to these properties, there are settings that appear on every visual to adjust the background color, add a border around the visual and lock the aspect ratio.

### Find Out More

You will always be able to find this video module and advanced viewing of future modules on the Pragmatic Works On-Demand Training platform or [view my previous blog posts](https://blog.pragmaticworks.com/topic/power-bi-custom-visuals).

[View full post](https://pragmaticworks.com/blog/power-bi-custom-visuals-beyondsoft-calendar)

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