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Stop designing Power BI reports for imaginary users

READ TIME - 7 minutes ⏳ Email formatting looks broken? click here to view in browser. Every Power BI project contains a moment where a report builder makes a judgment call (usually quietly and often quickly!) about what kind of thing they are actually building. Is this a dashboard or an explor...

Apr 09, 2026 design process design system

Standardize Power BI reports without the theme file pain

READ TIME - 1 minute ⏳ Email formatting looks broken? click here to view in browser. If you've ever opened a Power BI report from a colleague and thought "why does this look nothing like mine"... you're not alone. Without a shared system, every report ends up being its own little design experim...

Mar 26, 2026 design system design tokens

Why transparency is a weak design choice in Power BI

READ TIME - 4 minutes ⏳ Email formatting looks broken? click here to view in browser. One design habit that seems harmless in Power BI, but becomes surprisingly difficult to manage once a report grows, is using transparency as part of the actual color system, especially for backgrounds. A common ...

Mar 19, 2026 data visualization design system

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