Help your Power BI report users with an Information Panel

Do your Power BI users understand your report? Chances are, at least not all of it. Help them out with an information panel to help describe the report and understand all of the capabilities. Adam walks you through how to do it in Power BI Desktop!
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[@RQQ02]

To remove the transparent borders and make the info panel overlay fill the entire screen in Power BI, follow these steps: 1. Select the "Info Panel Overlay" image that you have inserted from the "Selection" Panel. 2. Open the "Format" panel and select "General" -> "Properties" -> "Padding". 3. Change the value of "Padding" from the default 5px to 0px. The issue is within Power BI, not PowerPoint, Photoshop, whatever you used etc.

[@sdalarco07]

Thanks for sharing this tips! It was perfect! 🥰

[@jidi10]

Great tip, saves time in creating a separate guidance document. I set the PPT to have transparent background, then just set the background of the image in PBI to the color I want and 80% transparent. Solves the stroke issue, as well as allows me to change the color of needed without having to create another PNG.

[@andyparkerson]

I knew that PowerPoint was a vital part of the PowerApps family!

[@GuyInACube]

HAHAHA indeed 👊

[@FlorianKx]

PowerPoint definetly deserves the Power in its name 😂

[@ADITYA1234588]

Seriously, this is B A N A N A S!! Creativity has no limit. Thanks a ton Adam!

[@tomkochka2058]

As a relative newbie (only been working with PBI for about a month now) I find your videos super informative. Thank you!

[@gurpreetmann241]

Just applied this to a report... Its amazing! A great way to encourage users and build confidence without documentation!

[@saral.martin6816]

This was just what I needed today. I ended up doing the info shapes in Power BI. In my world, no report is ever done, so that made it more easily manageable for the future. Callouts are harder to control in Power BI, but it can be done.

[@taylorkoep8168]

This is super helpful and I think will add a lot of value to end-user without having to explain and train people on what things mean. Thanks for the tutorial!

[@sbrophy100]

This is fantastically genius and yet so simple, love it!

[@hey_keith]

Been waiting for something like this for years! Thank you Adam!

[@Tuhcrw]

I've just used this process at work and it is very good. Thanks for the suggestion and for taking us through it.

[@rosswaterston]

Great idea, simple to implement and anything that helps your consumers understand the content is worth its weight in gold!

[@ronald1899]

Tu canal es lo mejor que e visto en todo youtube, sigue haciéndolo bien, muchas gracias por todo. Saludos desde Chile.

[@TheWolfCrea]

The "edge" in Powerpoint, is just because your shape has a stroke :) All you need to do is remove the stroke of the shape and you won't have an edge

[@gabrieldiniz2504]

hello sir, how do i do this ?

[@CJ-jc8tn]

Thanks for the tip. Could you please explain how to do this in PowerPoint as I couldn't find anything on Google about removing the 'stroke of the shape'. Thank you

[@robsaperstein1681]

A workaround I've used is to create the semi-transparent shape in Power BI and only bring in the text bubbles from PowerPoint

[@AmritaOSullivan]

This is frikkin brilliant! Thank you. So simple and will transform any report!

[@aleksandermolin1053]

Thank you so much for sharing Adam! Really enjoy all your content.

[@zelik33]

Great inspiration - thank you. I’m using PowerPoint also to create some background but this is definitely a next level with this info panel. Thanks once again.

[@Solivagus10]

Simple, elegant solution! Love it!

[@ashleylambe9871]

I just created this last night! I was too excited after watching your previous video around this, so thought I'd take a stab at it. I actually referenced your video from 2019 on creating a slicer panel, and created the transparent overlay + text boxes/images with shadows to get a similar effect. It is such a simple concept, but extremely valuable for the end user. Thank you Adam!! That's BANANAS!!!

[@stuartmccloud307]

Ha, exactly what I did :) I like this version better though, the transparency looks so cool.

[@mustafabiviji00711]

Agree even i did it in Power BI using shapes, text boxes. But this probably is an interesting alternative as you can add different callout shapes and the entire thing is easier to manage as one image. Drawback is probably if user clicks anywhere this would the entire panel would vanish

[@mustafabiviji00711]

@@ashleylambe9871 you probably cannot have text boxes with arrows (conversation boxes). Also if the user clicks on text box it might not close as the shape act as a button. Personally I would just add and use a X button to close the info panel.

[@koboldVH]

Great and simple solution for a report manual! Thnx guys!!

[@kristla100]

This is brilliant! Thank you for sharing! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@AmitRoy-om3tp]

This is really awesome, Adam! Thanks a lot for sharing this.

[@KoundinyaPulipaka]

That’s a great presentation of info from now I’ll be using this way. Thankyou so much

[@MariuszRepczynski]

Thanks Adam, loving it!

[@nathanphillips3628]

Top shelf. Thanks for this.

[@sahilsinghal9472]

Brilliant stuff. Thank you 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@wynhopkins4023]

Great tip on the transparency

[@grubybb]

This is what I need! Thank you so much!

[@GuyInACube]

BAM! 👊

[@NathanBlevins]

This is a super helpful tutorial. I come back to it often. :) One tip: Adam suggests that, if you don't like the borders, you need to get some image editing software. One easy way to work around this is to just to resize your powerpoint slides. Design ==> Slide Size. By trimming up to the size of the slides, you can scale this to a near perfect fit.

[@joeharkness6846]

I discovered that you can also change the padding on the image in PowerBI to zero for all sides -- it is 5 by default.

[@artemburov9456]

Super cool!! Simple and efficient!

[@mwaltercpa]

Love it, thank you!

[@juansepowerplatform]

Amazing, This idea to use Powerpoint to create the canvas layout is just great. Thanks

[@manelmehenni7318]

Amazing tip! Thanks for all your great videos

[@phanatik101]

This is awesone. Thank you One remark, after publishing and transform into app, you don't need the CTRL to open it. A simple click will do.

[@GuyInACube]

yup. the CTRL is only needed in Power BI Desktop. Well Specifically when authoring.

[@cheetah9839]

Excellent. Thank you for the video. Love it

[@jacoblee1954]

You guys are good! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us :)

[@outdoorsyaaron]

Nifty! Thanks for sharing!

[@kimglick2494]

Amazing 👏. I add a quick start guide tab with info but this is even better

[@granthunking1699]

Super cool, Adam! Thanks for sharing!

[@joeseroski1095]

Yes! You delivered!

[@Gseyjcjdsthbcsdujcc]

This is incredible thanks!!

[@adelina3589]

very helpful! thank you

[@josefedericopresno6668]

Great video. Thanks!

[@JayBellchambers]

I love this! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@GuyInACube]

Most welcome! 👊

[@uhelalify]

Smart idea. Thanks for sharing. Expecting more from you guys.

[@gelarehnaji4531]

Awesome tip. Very helpful as always. Thanks.

[@Magurumadeps]

Thank You so much 4 an inspiration!! 👏👏👏

[@mchamarelli007]

Super easy to do and very powerful. Loved it

[@GuyInACube]

Glad you liked it!! 👊

[@nellyruiz2965]

This is so helpful. Thx

[@jamesdabbene1911]

Love this idea, cheers for creating the video, to date had been creating power point presentation separately to support dashboards created, can't wait to get stuck in

[@MonaMayfair1981]

Really helpful thank you Adam

[@adriangajdulewicz4257]

amazing! thank you!

[@stasynech]

Adam, thanks for sharing! As always very interesting and clear!

[@GuyInACube]

Appreciate that! Thank you so much 👊

[@stevenkirman1742]

That is great, thanks very much!

[@birhanaydn6508]

Adam, it is amazing thank you

[@zitta109]

Awesome tutorial! Thanks a lot! FYI: The edges are there because the image has added 5px padding in PowerBi and not in PPT. You can remove that int the Format Image > General > Properties > Padding.

[@thomasivarsson2468]

Great Video Adam!

[@zzota]

Brilliant! Thanks Adam :-)

[@ongpytran4552]

very useful, thank u!

[@2realovers659]

Thank you Adam! This is so cool

[@saikirankusumanchi4522]

have been doing this just using pbi desktop, we have the message box(shape) and a overlay rectangle (Transparency can be controlled in pbi). But your way is also good

[@mangeshmehendale4139]

Stunning idea!!

[@orkhannazarov2781]

Thanks for sharing the awesome videos.

[@AnilJacobs]

Awesome, thanks!

[@nourlchann]

Great trick, great video, just GREAT.

[@DataMama4]

This is so amazing! You are so creative and have taught me so many cool tricks to wow my coworkers! :)

[@thomasschaub9474]

Nice! Thank you!

[@McKaySavage]

Really nice trick. Great user experience! Will definitely use this.

[@casingena1985]

A great tip and I love the concept of using other applications like PowerPoint and Snagit, this has further potential :)

[@chriswall4795]

Thanks, Adam. Glad we all asked!

[@GuyInACube]

Happy to provide. It's a great technique.

[@ktmthrs]

This is so helpful!!

[@bijilashobanabalakrishnan7718]

Awesome!! Thanks a ton!

[@sinansayim7221]

Hello Adam.. Awesome Video.. I'm going to use this for my report..regards from Germany

[@Oprimaita]

Thanks a lot. I m going to create my panel now 😀

[@saidfawzy]

GREAT GREAT GREAT ... You are really as usual in all your videos ... DO MAGIC

[@Irishtone]

I don't have anything constructive add here, but I just had to say... I'm bloody loving your works lads!

[@ennajihihoussame8351]

That’s a great idea 💡 !

[@joelngige5776]

This is freaking amazing tip!!! Awesome

[@andreymantrov2559]

Thanks, this helped a lot! I have found that if your page in power bi is not standard size, you can just change the power point slide to the same dimensions as your power bi page! Just in case someone finds it useful

[@eminemremains]

Its Amazzing!!! Thanks a ton for sharing :)

[@Sanj803]

Loved this. ❤️

[@lisatotton]

Loved this!

[@simonpelletier4156]

Great TIP!

[@sue_bayes]

love it :), do this all the time but hadn't thought of taking a screenshot of the canvas to use as a guide and then delete it ... duh me, how many clicks have you saved me

[@antonycatella5901]

This is such a great idea. Takes a bit more time though with reports that are multiple pages (20+)

[@anvayparanjape7967]

Great idea

[@andreapremoli4650]

Awesome! I love your smart way of solving problems! Also I wonder whether you guys have any idea on how to make a percentage difference of one filtered value vs another (e.g. I select "Texas" in a slicer, "Alabama" in another, and I can show in a card the % difference between the revenues in Texas and the revenues in Alabama). Any suggestion on how to work with this "dynamic filters"?

[@jornmazet]

Amazing!

[@jorge72garcia]

This is awesome! Any suggestions on how to use this feature for reports that scroll?

[@danielmm3225]

You can make a pixel perfect shoot of the report by exporting to pdf from power bi desktop, convert to image and adjust size to 1920 1080 in paint3D

[@hotmessjess9434]

Love it!!!

[@williamleveson-gower5088]

Awesome !, my users are happier !. I used Power Point, finished with Photoshop to match PBI page size.

[@tidyverse-lg5yo]

Great video!

[@seema_shahabkhan]

That's super cool and easy

[@atariq2]

Awesome!!

[@gisgis5985]

This is great. Thank you. But after publishing to the service, it takes some time to load info panel. any tips?

[@adrianofrizon3514]

Amazing!!

[@udusegbe]

Awesome, it is! 🤓

[@GuyInACube]

hahaha Yes! 👊

[@MahmoudSamir7oda]

Great Bananas thank you so much.

[@maxglasby2226]

Hi. This works really well and is very useful, however, I am using it on PBI screens where the data changes, depending on what graph column is selected. When I place in the overlay, the graph data, at the time of placing the overlay, defaults and changes the data result. I have followed the instructions to the letter but cant get past this problem. Cheers. Max.

[@yannmassamba8947]

outsanding!!!