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title: Power BI Custom Visuals - Play Axis
description: The Play Axis Power BI Custom Visual animates your other report visuals without needing to click every time you want to change your filter value.
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# [Power BI Custom Visuals - Play Axis](https://pragmaticworks.com/blog/power-bi-custom-visuals-play-axis)

 Written by [Devin Knight](https://pragmaticworks.com/blog/author/devin-knight) | Jun 01, 2017

In this module you will learn how to use the Play Axis Power BI Custom Visual.  The Play Axis visual works like a dynamic slicer that animates your other report visuals without needing to click every time you want to change your filter value.

### Module 53 – Play Axis

### Downloads

- Power BI Custom Visual – [Play Axis](https://pragmaticworksonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/FileShare/Ejn3BZIKy-NHk0DHsQUqT5QBx8WaO5HCyu0Qo7pWOzaWmw?e=2DpEJF)
- Dataset – [Sales by Employee.xlsx](https://pragmaticworksonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/FileShare/EtItHM15K85LjB2qD3swzc0B72S-KBatyoR6GaqA3AMOCw?e=K6e5Uq)
- Completed Example – [Module 53 – Play Axis.pbix](https://pragmaticworksonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/FileShare/EtItHM15K85LjB2qD3swzc0B72S-KBatyoR6GaqA3AMOCw?e=K6e5Uq)

### Key Takeaways

- You make your entire report animate across the Play Axis attribute.
- Animation controls available to you: looping, auto play, and the control of the play speed.

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/image16.png>

*In this Play Axis, the rest of the report is animated by years.*

- Under the **Format** paintbrush there are a several customizations available for the Play Axis.
- Under the **Animation Settings **section, you can control the play functionality of the Play Axis. Here you can make the animation automatically start, continue looping and change the speed at which the animation occurs.

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/image17.png>

- The **Colors **section allows you to modify the appearance of the Play Axis visual. You can adjust the overall color of it or make each button a different color by turning on **Show all**.

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/image18.png>

- The **Enable Caption On **section allows you to turn on/off the text displayed next to the visual or adjust the formatting of it.

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/image19.png>

In addition to these properties, there is a set of settings that appears 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).

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