Power BI theme generator allowing upload of customized theme files for re-editing

[JPB_]

We are a small team of Power BI enthusiasts. In our projects we identified the need for a theme generator allowing not only to download customized theme files but also to upload these files for the purpose of re-editing. So we built this type of generator ourselves and would like to share it with you. Maybe some of you can benefit from it in their daily work.

Link: https://themegenerator.point-gmbh.com/en/Home

Uploading theme files makes it possible to use themes that have already been created as a basis for re-editing. Adjustments to color, style or corporate identity in a large number of existing themes are easily possible without having to create all the themes from scratch. Thus, the adaptation efforts for the revision of existing themes are reduced to a fraction.

We do not aim to earn money from this, just looking for feedback from the community as the generator is work in progress.

[jdbuchanan71]

Great stuff, thank you for the update!

[JPB_]

I would like to advise everybody that we have released a major update to our Theme Generator covering the following improvements:

• A defaults system has been added. This means certain properties like font and color are not only defined for a visual but also globally. The user can now reset a style value for certain properties to the global default. This system mimics the standard Power BI behaviour.
• Inserted headings for the cards category- & value-Axis, data labels, total labels, detail labels, title, indicator (KPI), goals (KPI), column & row headers, values (table/matrix), subtotals, suggestions (Q&A). This makes big card components more readable and more ordered overall.
• Property constrains have been added to several properties at the category-axis. These enable/disable certain properties based on the scale type.
• A few new properties have been added including secondary text classes, lasso button & geocoding culture (map settings), maintain layer order button and invert range for x-axis.
• The downloaded json-file now is formatted in a default json-format which enhances readability.

@jdbuchanan71 As you see we have included your feedback into our development progress by adding the "maintain layer order" button.

[jdbuchanan71]

@JPB_ 

This is very nice, thank you for sharing your work!  One setting I did not see is "Maintain layer order" which is under General for all visuals.  Is it not included or am I missing it somewhere?  I have it in my theme files applying across the whole theme.

{
	"name": "Theme"
	,"background": "#FFFFFF"
	,"foreground": "#394F60"
	,"tableAccent": "#394F60"
	,"dataColors": [
		"#394F60"
		,"#FFAA18"
		,"#9B9B9B"
		,"#3885AD"
		,"#92AFB8"
	]
	,"visualStyles": {
		,"*": {
			"*": {
				,"general" : [{
					"keepLayerOrder": true
				}]
			}
		}
	}
}

[JPB_ · Accepted solution]

Thanks for your feedback. You are right, it is not included. We will take care of this setting as we progress with the development.

[v-rzhou-msft]

Hi @JPB_ 

Thank you very much for sharing. The post can be more easily found by others after being solved. I hope your sharing can help more people.

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou