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Power BI – How to Format a Card?

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Cards in Power BI help us display a certain value, corresponding to different dynamic scenarios. For example, want to know the total population of the world, and the population of a certain country by a slicer, all can be achieved by cards in Power BI. In this article, we will learn how to format a card in Power BI. 

Formatting a Card In Power BI 

After the successful, creation of a card in Power BI. We have multiple options to format it. For example, adding the title to a card, changing the color, and position of a card, adding tooltips, and callout value in a card. We have been given a dataset, name, Employee, and we have created a card with the total number of projects completed. Using this card, we will explore every option of a card in Power BI. There are two types of Formatting in visualizations i.e. visual formatting and general formatting. 

Power BI - How to Format a Card?

 

Visual Formatting 

Visual formatting comprises two options, Callout value, and Category label

Power BI - How to Format a Card?

 

Callout Value

Callout value helps format the main content of the card. 

The following are the steps: 

Step 1: Click on the Callout Value option. A drop-down appears. We have multiple options available here. A font is an option used to select the type of text we want to show on the card, we can also set the size of the text, etc. 

Power BI - How to Format a Card?

 

Step 2: To change the color of the number 61, click on the color option. Select the required color. For example, we have selected orange color, and the number 61 is changed to orange color. We can also set the unit of a number, like thousand, million, none, etc. 

Power BI - How to Format a Card?

 

Category label 

Category label help customize the text written below the main text. For example, Sum of Projects Completed. 

The following are the steps: 

Step 1: Click on the Callout label option. A drop-down appears. We have multiple options available here. A font is an option used to select the type of text we want to choose for the callout label. We can also change the size of the callout value. 

Power BI - How to Format a Card?

 

Step 2: To change the color of the callout label, click on the Color option. Select the required color. For example, blue in this case. The value of the callout label is changed to blue

Power BI - How to Format a Card?

 

General Formatting 

There are multiple options in general formatting. For cards, we have options like Title, tooltip, effects, alt text, etc. We will look at each of the options in detail. 

Power BI - How to Format a Card?

 

Property 

The property option is generally present in every visualization. It contains three options, Size, position, and Advance options. We, generally do not use these properties, because all are easily accessible with mouse clicks. The size property helps to resize the visualization created. The position property changes the position of the visualization, in the report. The Advance option comprises adding a layer order, which is rarely used. 

Power BI - How to Format a Card?

 

Title 

The title formatting is present in every visualization. As the name suggests, it adds a heading to the visualization. Click on the slider to enable the title. 

The following are the steps: 

Step 1: Click on the Title option. A drop-down list appears. Add the title, under the Text section. For example, Projects. We can view in the image a title is added to the card. As done previously we can customize the size, font type of the card, etc. 

 

Step 2: We can also change the color of the title. Under the text color, select the required color. For example, yellow in this case. The title color changes to yellow

 

Effects

The effects section comprises three features i.e. Background, Visual Border, and Shadow. All works according to their names. The background adds a background color to the visualization, the Visual border adds a border around the visualization, and the shadow option creates a shadow on the outskirts of the visualization. 

 

The following are the steps: 

Step 1: Click on the Background option. Select the color of the background accordingly. For example, Black. We can view in the below image that the background of the card changed to black. 

 

Header Icons 

Header-icons are the options, present on the top of the visualization. For cards, there are two options, filter on visuals and more options. Click on the header-icons option, we will get various options, like Background, Border, and Icons. One can set its colors as per choice. 

 

Tooltips 

If we hover over a visualization, then we cannot view any information related to the card. Consider a situation, if we want to display the Sum of projects completed when we hover over the card, then this task can be achieved by the Tooltips option. Tooltips have three properties i.e. Options, Text, and Background. Click on the tooltips option. Now, if we hover at the card, then we can see that sum of projects completed is displayed. We can set text and background color according to our needs. 

 

Alt Text 

Alt text is a property present in each visualization. People generally misinterpret, alt text by its name, they think that alt text will be displayed when they hover at the visualization. It is for the persons, who cannot see the visuals, images etc. This option is only available if you are using a narrator in your system. When your narrator is active, then this alt text will be spoken by the system. Click on the Alt text, and type the required text. 

 



Last Updated : 16 Jan, 2023
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