How to add Dashed Line (Shape, NOT Chart) in Power BI?

[Anonymous]

Hi, I want to add Dashed Line in Power BI, just as a shape, not in graph. In Insert->Shape, I can find Line, but the Line is solid. I am unable to change it's properties to Dashed. Is there any way we can do that? Is anything available in the market? Some custom visual, maybe?

Any recommendation would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Coriel-11]

If you want to do diagonals, I recommend creating in DAX/importing/entering a mini table like this

Value1    Value 2

0             0

1             1

And then making a line chart from it. Remove all the axes, titles etc. and then you can style/size/place it as you like.

Matt

[BritPearl]

Add a rectangle, turn off "Fill" and "Border", and type in "- - -" as text & make it bold

Super easy to adjust the length of the dotted line by just adding more dashes and spaces, and optionally rotate the shape by 90 degrees for a verticle line!

[Bella42]

Brilliant! Thanks. If you don't need to rotate it, you can also use a text box. This should be marked as the solution. Adding unnecessary measures is never a good solution.
The fact that Power BI developers waste their time on that 'on-object interaction' craziness rather than getting some basic functionality right is mind-blowing (e.g. making a line shape dashed, being able to specify column widths numerically, being able to LOCK the position of individual visuals, rather than all visuals at once, which is useless, etc, etc). 

[Fowmy · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous 

Add the following measure and drop it on a card Visual then format as you need, you can adjust the height in the measure:

Dash Line =  REPT("|"&UNICHAR(10),20)

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[MarlonK]

wow what a brilliant solution. amazing!

[Anonymous]

@Fowmy 

Thank you so much

[amitchandak]

@Anonymous ,The information you have provided is not making the problem clear to me. Can you please explain with an example.
refer : https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps?product=power-bi-visuals

develop: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/developer/visuals/custom-visual-develop-tutorial

Map Json - Shape Map
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/visuals/desktop-shape-map
https://dataveld.com/2016/09/12/topojson-map-files-for-power-bi-shape-map/
https://medium.com/weareservian/power-bi-custom-maps-part-ii-shape-map-939873da3f66
https://radacad.com/shape-map-better-than-the-filled-map
https://doc.arcgis.com/en/maps-for-powerbi/get-started/prepare-your-data.htm

Appreciate your Kudos.

[Anonymous]

@amitchandak , thank you for reply. Please see below image. This should clear things up. I added this Blue line through Insert->Shapes->Line. I want to make Blue Line Dashed.

[amitchandak]

@Anonymous , refer if this can help

https://blog.enterprisedna.co/add-custom-icons-to-power-bi-reports/

[harshnathani]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Add a Blank Button,

Go to Power Point and create a Dashed Line. Sve that Dashed line as image.

Bak to Power BI, go to fill section in the Blank Button and add the image (Dashed Line).

You can also try

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Dotted-line-around-the-data-section-in-the-Report-view/td-p/488192

Regards,

Harsh Nathani

[Syndicate_Admin]

Thanks! This was the best solution I found! and it worked 😀