Reusable, parameter-driven visual templates built on native Power BI visuals with visual calculations.
These templates encapsulate business logic at the visual layer, making them easy to copy-paste across reports with minimal setup.
What's included: Each template page contains the .pbix file ready to copy-paste and step-by-step setup instructions.
Your semantic model type determines which template version to use:
| Model Type | Best Template Version | Characteristics |
|---|---|---|
| Power BI Desktop | Standard templates | • Maximum flexibility and control • Full measure-based configuration • All model-level settings available |
| Direct Lake / Fabric | DL-Compatible templates | • Reduced measure dependencies • Visual-level configuration focus • Stable measure references |
Direct Lake Limitation: When using Direct Lake models, measure references embedded in visuals can break or fail to synchronize correctly when copying visuals between reports.
DL-Compatible Templates are designed with:
- Fewer measure dependencies = fewer broken references to fix
- More visual-level configuration = less measure editing required
- Slightly less configurable than Desktop versions
Desktop Templates offer:
- Full control via measures table
- Maximum flexibility through control measures
- Easier configuration (just amend measures)
- Require stable Desktop-authored semantic models
| Template | Description | Compatibility | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBCS Multi-tier Column Chart | Three-layer analytical chart combining base values, absolute variance (Δ), and percentage variance (Δ%) in a single coordinated visual | Desktop | Link |
| IBCS Multi-tier Column Chart - DL Compatible | Simplified three-layer chart with reduced measure dependencies for Direct Lake stability | Desktop + DL | Link |
| IBCS Multi-tier Column Chart - Only Δ % | Two-layer analytical chart focused on relative performance: base values + percentage variance (Δ%) only | Desktop | Link |
| IBCS Integrated Variance Column Chart | Two-layer chart with embedded absolute variance (Δ) integrated into the base layer, plus a separate percentage variance (Δ%) layer | Desktop | Link |
| IBCS Integrated Variance Column Chart - DL Compatible | Simplified two-layer integrated variance chart with reduced measure dependencies for Direct Lake stability | Desktop + DL | Link |
| Template | Description | Compatibility | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Variance Line Chart | Analytical line chart combining actual values, reference baseline, and embedded variance indicators in a single visual | Desktop | Link |
| Variance Line Chart - DL Compatible | Simplified variance line chart with reduced measure dependencies for Direct Lake stability | Desktop + DL | Link |
| Template | Description | Compatibility | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBCS Integrated Variance Bar Chart - DL Compatible | Ranked bar chart combining absolute values with embedded absolute variance (Δ vs SPLY) and a dedicated percentage variance (Δ%) comparison panel | Desktop + DL | Link |
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This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the LICENSE file for details.
These resources have been developed through real-world implementations across various use cases. Each template represents a solved problem that was complex enough to warrant documentation and reuse.
The focus is on practical, production-ready solutions rather than theoretical examples — everything here has been used to solve actual business requirements in Power BI / Fabric environment.
Repository Maintained by: Stefano Ciurlia