Top 5 FREE Custom Power BI Visuals

In this video, Allison Gonzalez, a Microsoft Certified Trainer, introduces the top five custom Power BI visuals that are free and certified by Power BI. These visuals can enhance your reports and dashboards, offering unique features not available in the standard Power BI visuals. Here’s a breakdown of the visuals that Allison covers:

1. Play AIS Slicer

This slicer offers an animated way to display your data by cycling through categories, such as years or any other field from your dataset. It’s perfect for creating engaging, dynamic reports.

• Automatic cycling of categories (e.g., years, months)
• Adjustable speed and color settings
• Power BI certified and free to use

2. Chicklet Slicer

The Chicklet Slicer lets you use images as slicers, adding a personal touch to your reports. You can upload images like country flags, product types, or trainer images, and associate them with your data.

• Support for multi-selection and image URLs
• Customizable display size and text formatting
• Ideal for visually appealing data navigation

3. Infographic Designer

This visual allows you to incorporate icons and images into your reports. It’s perfect for those who want to add more visuals like bikes, food, and technology to make data more relatable and easier to understand.

• Ability to use custom images or predefined icons
• Customizable chart width, height, and padding
• Supports a wide range of icons from different categories

4. Custom Calendar

The Custom Calendar is a great tool for presenting time-based data in a calendar format. It can show metrics like total sales and total costs for each day, week, month, or year, making it easy to track trends over time.

• Customizable colors for metrics like sales and costs
• Perfect for reports that focus on time-specific data
• Interactive calendar that shows data on hover

5. Advanced Card

The Advanced Card is an upgraded version of the standard Power BI card visual. It allows for more design customization, including curved edges, icons, and additional text fields.

• Customizable text, font styles, and icons
• Ability to add prefixes and suffixes for additional context
• More design options compared to the regular card visual

Bonus Visual: Aquarium Visual

The Aquarium Visual is a fun way to display metrics by turning them into "fish" swimming in an aquarium. The size of the fish depends on the metric value, and you can choose from different fish styles, including sharks.

• Visual representation of metrics as fish
• Customizable fish size, styles, and data labels
• Fun and engaging way to track progress or participation

All of these custom visuals are Power BI certified and free to use. They can help you elevate your reports, making them more interactive and visually appealing. You can find and install these visuals through Power BI's AppSource, which allows you to browse hundreds of custom visuals created by third-party developers.

If you have any other favorite custom visuals or suggestions, feel free to share them in the comments below. Allison encourages feedback and loves hearing about new ways these visuals are used in real-world scenarios. Don’t forget to subscribe to Pragmatic Works for more Power BI tips and tutorials!

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