Marjolein Opsteegh

Power BI theming has changed a lot. With Modern Visual Defaults (Fluent 2), many things we used to fix with JSON are now part of the standard experience: cleaner visuals, consistent spacing, subtitles, rounded corners, and built‑in style presets per visual.

Power BI theming has changed a lot. With Modern Visual Defaults (Fluent 2), many things we used to fix with JSON are now part of the standard experience: cleaner visuals, consistent spacing, subtitles, rounded corners, and built‑in style presets per visual. In this demo‑driven session, we take a fresh look at Power BI theming, starting from Microsoft’s updated base theme, and then moving beyond it where customization is still needed. We’ll move up and down the theming stack: ✔️ Explore the new default base theme and modern visual defaults to understand what Power BI now gives you out of the box ✔️ Look at style presets, how they affect visuals, and how you can adjust or override them ✔️ Customize the theme via View > Customize current theme to see how structural settings flow through the report ✔️ Export the theme and fine‑tune it in JSON for advanced or unsupported properties ✔️ Clean up and adapt older themes to work with the new defaults instead of against them The session fully incorporates the Modern Visual Defaults & theme improvements preview, showing how Microsoft’s new direction changes the way we should approach theming and report design. This session is aimed at experienced report builders who want consistent, scalable design without repetitive formatting. Everything is shown live in Power BI, no slides, with a downloadable theme file to take home and adapt.

Power BI verandert razendsnel, en de visuals veranderen mee. Nieuwe visuals worden toegevoegd, bestaande visuals krijgen een make-over, en de opmaak mogelijkheden lijken eindeloos.

Even experienced Power BI developers lose time redesigning reports, adjusting visuals, or trying to improve user experience, often without a structured approach. In this fast-paced, demo-driven session, I’ll share 10 practical, time-saving techniques to take your Power BI dashboards to the next level.

In deze sessie geef ik je 10 tips om een dashboard te bouwen "dat ze niet kunnen negeren". Hoe mooi je dashboard ook is, als je gebruikers het negeren of niet weten welke verborgen functies erin zitten, is het geen succes.

Do you find yourself spending a significant amount of time preparing your Power BI report canvas and defining your visual characteristics, repeatedly? Struggling to maintain consistency throughout?

In this session, I will give you 6 tips to build a dashboard "they won't ignore". Even if you have built such a beautiful dashboard, if your users ignore it, or if the users don’t know what hidden functionalities it contains, it won’t be a success.

Do you want to build a dashboard that not only looks good, but also performs top notch and is 100% accurate? Do you want to stick to the plan and not continuously deviate but you don't know what is reasonably expected of you?