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questions regarding custom visuals
Hi all ,
Due to some internal needs we need to develop some custom charts ( Organizational chart) , I would appreciate if you can provide me some helpful tips and answers to the below questions in order to figure out from where we can start :
1- what skills one should have in order to develop a chart in power BI ?
2- what language is used to develop a chart in power BI ?
3- what are the required tools ?
Please let me know if there are some existing models of organizational charts with the source code and share with me some links that might help .
Thank you in advance
Ismail
Hi Anonymous,
Anwsering your questions:
- Developer should know front-end technologies such as JavaScript, CSS, HTML, etc.
- Custom visuals are usually developed by using TypeScript and LESS.
- Any IDE that supports TypeScript. We'd recommend to use Visual Studio Code.
Developer documentation is located here.
Please take a look at Hierarchy Chart by Akvelon that implement similar functionality.
Ignat Vilesov,
Software Engineer
Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals
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Hi Anonymous,
Anwsering your questions:
- Developer should know front-end technologies such as JavaScript, CSS, HTML, etc.
- Custom visuals are usually developed by using TypeScript and LESS.
- Any IDE that supports TypeScript. We'd recommend to use Visual Studio Code.
Developer documentation is located here.
Please take a look at Hierarchy Chart by Akvelon that implement similar functionality.
Ignat Vilesov,
Software Engineer
Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals