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title: Power BI Custom Visuals - Infographic Designer
description: The Infographic Designer Power BI Custom Visual makes your reports tell a story and themes the visuals to be more relevant to the topic of your data.
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# [Power BI Custom Visuals - Infographic Designer](https://pragmaticworks.com/blog/power-bi-custom-visuals-infographic-designer)

 Written by [Devin Knight](https://pragmaticworks.com/blog/author/devin-knight) | Jun 30, 2017

In this module you will learn how to use the Infographic Designer Custom Visual.  The Infographic Designer gives you the ability to make your reports tell a story and even themes the visuals to be more relevant to the topic of your data.

### Module 57 – Infographic Designer

### Downloads

- Power BI Custom Visual – [Infographic Designer](https://pragmaticworksonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/FileShare/Ejn3BZIKy-NHk0DHsQUqT5QBx8WaO5HCyu0Qo7pWOzaWmw?e=f5gDOQ)
- Dataset – [Social Media Users – Infographic.xlsx](https://pragmaticworksonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/FileShare/EvEIT-PDh_BOvS0hLfwH5SUBal7SKFa1sJhYbDAfqDz6oQ?e=h5m0rc)
- Completed Example – [Module 57 – Infographic Designer.pbix](https://pragmaticworksonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/FileShare/EvEIT-PDh_BOvS0hLfwH5SUBal7SKFa1sJhYbDAfqDz6oQ?e=h5m0rc)
- SVG Shape Files – [Facebook](https://pragmaticworksonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/FileShare/EvEIT-PDh_BOvS0hLfwH5SUBal7SKFa1sJhYbDAfqDz6oQ?e=h5m0rc), [Twitter](https://pragmaticworksonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/FileShare/EvEIT-PDh_BOvS0hLfwH5SUBal7SKFa1sJhYbDAfqDz6oQ?e=h5m0rc), [Linkedin](https://pragmaticworksonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/FileShare/EvEIT-PDh_BOvS0hLfwH5SUBal7SKFa1sJhYbDAfqDz6oQ?e=h5m0rc), [YouTube](https://pragmaticworksonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/FileShare/EvEIT-PDh_BOvS0hLfwH5SUBal7SKFa1sJhYbDAfqDz6oQ?e=h5m0rc)

### Key Takeaways

- Allows you to customize the appearance of report to your specific topic.
- You can use either the provided shape graphics or import your own SVG shape files.
- Has the ability to layer images, shapes or text on a single visual.

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/image16.png>

*This Infographic Designer is visualizing the monthly usage of different social media platforms. The top visual shows a default shape while the bottom visual with the logos were imported from custom shape files.*

- Most of the magic of the infographic happens by selecting the Pencil icon within the visual. This launches the **Mark Designer**. Watch the video to learn more about this.
- Under the **Format** paintbrush there is really only one section to modify the format.
- Under the **Chart section **there are several properties available that can adjust padding, turn on/off chart guidelines, and turn on/off the axis labels. You can also change the type of chart between Column, Bar and Line here.

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/image17.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-infographic-designer)

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