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Custom Report Theme JSON Property settings in Tables/Matrix
- 8 years ago
Hey Everyone,
Microsoft has gotten back with me and said
"Our product team have fixed this issue and code check-in has been done.
Product team confirmed that this fix will be available in the service in about 3 weeks and this fix will be available in December version of Power BI Desktop."
Looks like most or all of the properties that don't work now will work in the December release! ....To Be Continued...
10/25 update:
I got another response back-
" My product team confirmed that the JSON file that you have developed is correct. They have fixed bugs in Power BI Desktop which rendered properly based on the JSON file."
looks like we can take my original example as correct as far as the properties of the "grid" card are concerned. Here's to changing more properties by JSON theme files in December!

11/1 Update:
OK so the Microsoft team told me specifically that the only issues that will be fixed are the ones that are brought to their team via support tickets. So if you see something that doesn't work SEND IT IN! They said in order to keep track of what needs fixing they will only fix issues brought to their attention. I already sent in all the ones that don't work for my use case but that will not cover all the other JSON properties not working. Someone needs to do a giant test of all the properties and then send in a huge ticket :smileylol:
12/12 Update:
The December release is out and as far as I can tell, there has been no changes as far as the JSON features working. I reached out to the MS team to troubleshoot. hopefully its user error and I just need to change my JSON. :smileymad:
Jan 2018 Update:
Apparently the JSON features I requested to be fixed WERE fixed but they weren't working the way they originally told me they would! This works for me and fulfills my requirements for my original post:
{ "name":"Jan 2018 Theme", "dataColors":[ "#0069aa", "#4f8dc2", "#9ab7da", "#cedaec", "#00c762", "#fbe7a6", "#ff544a", "#f89a1c", "#545451" ], "background":"#FFFFFF", "foreground":"#545451", "tableAccent":"#4f8dc2", "visualStyles":{ "*":{ "*":{ "*":[ { "fontFamily":"Segoe UI" } ] } }, "*":{ "*":{ "grid":[ { "outlineColor":{"solid":{"color":"#4f8dc2"}}, "gridVertical":true, "gridVerticalColor":{"solid":{"color":"#4f8dc2"}}, "gridHorizontal":true, "gridHorizontalColor":{"solid":{"color":"#4f8dc2"}} } ], "columnHeaders":[ { "fontColor":{"solid":{"color":"#ffffff"}}, "backColor":{"solid":{"color":"#0069aa"}}, "fontFamily":"Segoe UI" } ], "values":[ { "backColorSecondary":{"solid":{"color":"#cedaec"}} } ] } } } }
When does color need to be further broken down as you have in your example? ctappan
This is not changing color for me and I am unsure why. I read in earlier posts that it may just be broken though.
Anthony
ruthpozuelo Yes I'm almost certain that those are not functional yet
Yanant1020 I don't really know. But I did get feedback on the gridVerticalColor/gridHorizontalColor and they said that does need to be broken out. they said:
Do not use:
“gridVerticalColor”: “#FFF”
Use:
“gridlineVerticalColor”: { "solid": { "color": "#00FF00"}}
Their response is a little confusing because the wording also changed from gridVerticalColor to gridlineVerticalColor so test out both spellings when the december release happens. Microsoft Power BI team assured me that the following fixes would be available for control of the custom themes using JSON theme files for the December release for pivotTable:
- grid
- gridVertical
- gridVerticalColor
- gridHorizontal
- gridHorizontalColor
- columnHeaders
- fontColor
- backColor
- values
- backColorSecondary
I think thats it because that was my requirements. Send in your ticket to them if you want something else fixed. https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/support/pro/
It's on my list of to do items to go through all the JSON properties and test it but I haven't had time!
- Yanant10208 years agoAdvocate I
Thanks for all the work! I will try the further breakdown.
Anthony
Update: Yes, changing color references to a complete breakdown works more often than just using color for me
i.e. "gridlineVerticalColor":{"solid":{"color":"#000000"}} works better than "gridlineVerticalColor": "#000000"
- ruthpozuelo8 years agoKudo Kingpin
Thanks MWinter225!
I have a new resource coming out for working with the JSON files that hopefully will make our lifes easier. I will share it once it has been released publicly.
/Ruth
- Anonymous8 years agoNot applicable
I see a few mentions of the cardTitle property in this thread. I have tried to get it to work but cannot get it to influence my report. If anyone has managed to achieve this, please let me know.
Cross-posting to my question thread link
EDIT - Found the answer in another thread link, apparentely it is not possible to use a custom report theme to control the title section settings.
- ruthpozuelo8 years agoKudo Kingpin
I published the resource for creating JSON files for Power BI themes.
MWinter225, if you manage to go through the properties that do not work, let me know and I will add them to the template. (Will of course give you credit for it :).