Unable to select downloaded JSON theme

[ArchStanton]

Hi,

I've never attempted to upload an imported JSON Theme before.

I've downloaded the Coronavirus Themesfrom here:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Themes-Gallery/Coronavirus-Outbreak-Report-JCH/td-p/1008524

I then see the  'The theme was imported successfully' message

Where is it?  When I open the themes i cannot see the Coronavirus Theme JCH.json listed amo

[Cookistador]

I open the theme with Notepad++ and this theme is incompleted, a lot of information are missing

This is why this theme is not working

Normally, after uploading the theme, it is applied automatically to your report

[ArchStanton]

Thanks for your prompt reply. 

I'm not sure why this is incomplete because I used this link:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Themes-Gallery/Coronavirus-Outbreak-Report-JCH/td-p/1008524

I then selected it and it downloaded on my laptop.

If you saw a Theme you liked in the Gallery, what are the steps that you would take in order to use this Theme for a report or dashboard? I'm obviously missing a step somewhere.

Thanks

[vanessafvg]

can you share the json theme you used?

so i would first 

 to download the .json file from the file i liked

then in the pbix im transferring it to i would browse for current themes and upload it.  however i have had problems in the past with this.   

maybe if you share the json you using i can let you know if its a workable format or not.

[ArchStanton]

I'm just picking them from here.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Themes-Gallery/bd-p/ThemesGallery

No matter what I download it doesn't seem to work

[vanessafvg]

where  are you looking?  if you go into the design area of power bi  ie view / custom them you wont see the json perse but the colours etc you should see under there.  what are you expecting?

[ArchStanton]

Thanks, thats exactly what I was expecting, to see the downloaded Theme in Themes menu / View

Is this not possible then? 

[vanessafvg]

on the theme menu  under this report, hold your mouse over the theme and it should tell you which one it is

[ArchStanton]

Thanks, but when I hover over a theme I do not see the theme names that I've downloaded from https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Themes-Gallery

What am I doing wrong? 

I'm downloaded these 2 so far

[vanessafvg]

ive downloaded this one succesfully, can't find the ones you had, please try this as a test, this one works when i import it.   

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Themes-Gallery/Nowalls-Analytics/td-p/772564

see if it will work for you 

[ArchStanton · Accepted solution]

Yes that worked 😊

For some reason that JSON file is 6kb in size and so it actually contained info, whereas the others are empty:

Very strange but at least I know I was doing it correctly - thank you!