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Syndicate_Admin
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json Dropdown and basicShape functions fail

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I'm defining a custom theme with json and I'm having trouble with some of the features.

The code I'm using is the following (I've trimmed it a bit by removing the color section):

{"name":"Look&feel",
"visualStyles":{
"*":{"*":{
"general":[{"keepLayerOrder":true}],
"valueAxis":[{"show":false,"showAxisTitle":false,
"labelColor":{"solid":{"color":{"expr":{"ThemeDataColor":{"ColorId":2,"Percent":0}}}}},"fontSize":"9","fontFamily":"Segoe UI",
"titleColor":{"solid":{"color":{"expr":{"ThemeDataColor":{"ColorId":2,"Percent":0}}}}},"titleFontSize":"12","titleFontFamily":"DIN",
"gridlineShow":false}],
"categoryAxis":[{"show":true,"showAxisTitle":false,
"labelColor":{"solid":{"color":{"expr":{"ThemeDataColor":{"ColorId":2,"Percent":0}}}}},"fontSize":"9","fontFamily":"Segoe UI",
"titleColor":{"solid":{"color":{"expr":{"ThemeDataColor":{"ColorId":2,"Percent":0}}}}},"titleFontSize":"12","titleFontFamily":"DIN"}],
"labels":[{"show":true}],
"title":[{"show":true,
"fontColor":{"solid":{"color":{"expr":{"ThemeDataColor":{"ColorId":2," Percent":0}}}}},
"fontSize":"14",
"fontFamily":"DIN"}],
"background":[{"show":true,"color":{"solid":{"color":{"expr":{"ThemeDataColor":{"ColorId":0,"Percent":0}}}}}}],
"border":[{"show":true,"color":{"solid":{"color":{"expr":{"ThemeDataColor":{"ColorId":0,"Percent":0}}}}},"radius":4}],
"dropShadow":[{"show":true,"color":{"solid":{"color":{"expr":{"ThemeDataColor":{"ColorId":1,"Percent":0}}}}},"preset":"Custom","shadowSpread":1," shadowBlur":2.0,"angle":90,"shadowDistance":0,"transparency":75}],
"columnHeaders":[{"fontColor":{"solid":{"color":"#1267A2"}}},{"bold":true}],
"grid":[{"outlineColor":{"solid":{"color":{"expr":{"ThemeDataColor":{"ColorId":2,"Percent":0}}}}}}]}},
"page":{"*":{
"outspace":[{"color":{"solid":{"color":"#EDEDED"}}}],
"background":[{"color":{"solid":{"color":"#F6F8FA"}},"transparency":0}]}},
"slicer": {"*": {
" border":[{"show":false}],
"dropShadow":[{"show":false}],
"general": [{"orientation": "vertical"}],
"data":[{"mode":"Dropdown"}],
"selection": [{"selectAllCheckboxEnabled": true,"multiSelect": false,"singleSelect": false}],
"header": [{"show": true,
"fontColor": { "solid": { "color": {"expr":{"ThemeDataColor":{"ColorId":2,"Percent":0}}}}},
"textSize": 11,
"fontFamily": "DIN"}],
"items": [{
"fontColor": { "solid": { "color": {"expr":{"ThemeDataColor":{"ColorId":2,"Percent":0}}}}},
"background": { "solid": { "color": "#F6F8FA"}},
"textSize": 10}],
"slider": [{
"color": {"solid": { "color": {"expr":{"ThemeDataColor":{"ColorId":2,"Percent":0}}}}}}]}},
"image": {"*": {
"border":[{"show":false}],
"dropShadow":[{"show":false}]}},
"textbox": {"*": {
"border":[{"show":false}],
"dropShadow":[{"show":false}]}},
" basicShape": {"*": {
"border":[{"show":false}],
"dropShadow":[{"show":false}]}},
"actionButton": {"*": {
"border":[{"show":false}],
"dropShadow":[{"show":false}]}}
}}

As you can see, in the first section, I have a set of conditions applied to all visualizations and then I define exceptions. But I have two problems:

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joshuakellyrha
Frequent Visitor

For "basicShape", the element name has changed to just "shape". The structure is slightly different too; I found this out through a lot of trial and error.

 

I found a recently updated Git Repo which has some useful info these new shapes:

https://github.com/deldersveld/PowerBI-ThemeTemplates/blob/master/Shape.json

 

Hope this helps:

 

{
  "name": "ShapeFillAndOutline",
  "visualStyles": {
    "shape": {
      "*": {
        "background": [
          {
            "show": false
          }
        ],
        "fill": [
          {
            "show": true
          },
          {
            "$id": "default",
            "transparency": 0,
            "fillColor": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#FFFFFF"
              }
            }
          },
          {
            "$id": "hover",
            "transparency": 0,
            "fillColor": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#000000"
              }
            }
          }
        ],
        "outline": [
          {
            "show": true
          },
          {
            "$id": "default",
            "transparency": 0,
            "lineColor": {
              "solid": {
                "color": "#000000"
              }
            }
          }
        ],
        "visualHeader": [
          {
            "show": false
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

 

 

v-chenwuz-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Syndicate_Admin ,

 

Maybe you can try it like this:

vchenwuzmsft_0-1658460451850.png

A space before the string, please remove it and try again.

vchenwuzmsft_1-1658460580756.png

 

Best Regards

Community Support Team _ chenwu zhu

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

 

 

 

Thank you very much for your reply, but I am afraid it has not been soucionado.

I have applied the change in "slicer" and it still does not work.

"slicer": {"*": {
"title":[{"show":false}],
"border":[{"show":false}],
"dropShadow":[{"show":false}],
"general": [{"orientation": "vertical"}],
"data":[{"mode":[{"value":"Dropdown", "displayName":"Dropdown"}]}],
"selection": [{"selectAllCheckboxEnabled": true,"multiSelect": false,"singleSelect": false}],
"header": [{"show": true,
"fontColor": { "solid": { "color": {"expr":{"ThemeDataColor":{"ColorId":2,"Percent":0}}}}} ,
"textSize": 11}],
"items": [{
"fontColor": { "solid": { "color": {"expr":{"ThemeDataColor":{"ColorId":2,"Percent":0}}}}},
"background": { "solid": { "color": "#F6F8FA"}},
"textSize": 10}],
"slider": [{
"color": {"solid": { "color": {"expr":{"ThemeDataColor":{"ColorId":2,"Percent":0}}}}}}]}},

On the other hand, about what you say about "basicShape" I have to say that in my code I do not have space before the string, you can see it in the code that I have uploaded in the description of the message.

"basicShape": {"*": {
"border":[{"show":false}],
"dropShadow":[{"show":false}]}},

Any more ideas?

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