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Report backgrounds and images in Power BI - Dashboard Guide

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Dashboard Mode - Report backgrounds and images
Goal

Understand how to add and use backgrounds and images in Power BI reports to improve visual appeal and clarity.

Sample Data
ProductRegionSalesMonth
NotebookEast100Jan
TabletWest200Jan
NotebookEast150Feb
TabletWest250Feb
NotebookEast130Mar
TabletWest300Mar
Dashboard Components
  • KPI Card: Total Sales
    • Formula: Total Sales = SUM(SalesData[Sales])
    • Result: 1130
    • Description: Shows total sales across all products and months.
  • Bar Chart: Sales by Month
    • X-axis: Month
    • Y-axis: Sales (SUM)
    • Shows sales trend over Jan, Feb, Mar.
  • Report Background Image:
    • Image: A subtle light grid pattern to improve readability.
    • Applied as report page background with 20% transparency.
  • Visual Background Image:
    • Bar chart has a faint company logo image behind bars with 10% transparency.
    • Helps brand the report without distracting from data.
Dashboard Layout
+------------------------------------------------+
|                   Report Title                  |
+------------------------------------------------+
|  KPI Card: Total Sales           | Bar Chart:   |
|                                 | Sales by     |
|                                 | Month       |
|                                 |             |
|                                 |             |
|                                 |             |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Background: Light grid pattern (whole report)  |
| Visual Background: Logo behind bar chart       |
+------------------------------------------------+
Interactivity

Filters like Product or Region slicers can be added to update the KPI card and bar chart dynamically. The background images remain static and do not change with filters.

Self Check

If you add a filter for Region = East, which components update?

  • KPI Card: Total Sales updates to sum sales only for East region (100 + 150 + 130 = 380).
  • Bar Chart: Sales by Month updates to show sales only for East region.
  • Background images remain unchanged.
Key Result
A Power BI report showing total sales and sales by month with report and visual background images for better design.