Light Power BI background · 1280×720
Nordic Split Panel
Minimal light Power BI background with a left story column for title, KPIs and slicers and a large canvas for charts. Calm Nordic palette.
By Nawaf Sharaf · Founder & Reliability Engineer · Updated
Free for commercial use
Free, no sign-up. 1920×1080 fits a new page in a Fluent 2 report; 1280×720 and 2× fit Classic pages. Downloads include a small “Made with VizForge” mark; sign in to the studio to remove it.
About this background
The left 320px column is a tinted story panel: title, a sentence of context, three stacked KPI tiles and space for slicers at the bottom. This layout prints and exports to PDF well because the headline and filters stay together.
The right side is a large chart area split into one wide panel and two panels below. Leave the visuals' titles on; the panels have no built-in header text.
Nordic Minimal uses a desaturated blue-grey page. Pair it with the matching theme so axis labels and gridlines pick up the same muted greys.
Where to place your visuals
Page pixels. In Power BI select a visual, open Format → General → Properties → Size and position and enter these values (inset by 16px for padding).
| Visual | X | Y | Width | Height |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main chart | 368 | 24 | 888 | 352 |
| KPI tile 1 | 24 | 136 | 296 | 104 |
| KPI tile 2 | 24 | 256 | 296 | 104 |
| KPI tile 3 | 24 | 376 | 296 | 104 |
| Chart panel 1 | 368 | 392 | 440 | 304 |
| Chart panel 2 | 824 | 392 | 432 | 304 |
| Slicer area | 24 | 504 | 296 | 192 |
VizForge AI · custom visuals
Generate a custom visual for this slot
Pick a panel and VizForge AI writes a custom visual (.pbiviz, with TypeScript source) sized to it, in this background's colours, with a transparent background so the panel shows through.
Panel at 368, 24 · 888×352 px
1, 2 or 5 credits depending on the brief · 5 free on signup. Sign in or create a free account on the next screen; the brief is saved for 30 minutes.
A Power BI custom visual titled "Main chart". It sits in a 888×352 px slot on a designed report page. Match the report's brand: data colours #3B5D73, #708FA1, #E06648, #242837, #AA863C, #6F8B4C; background #FFFFFF; text #1C1C1A; font Segoe UI. Transparent visual background so the page design shows through; no visual border. It sits on a panel of the Nordic Split Panel page background.
Matching theme
The Theme JSON button above downloads this palette.
Set this background in Power BI Desktop
- 1
Download the PNG
Take the 1920×1080 PNG for a new page in a Fluent 2 report, or the 2× PNG (2560×1440) for crisp edges on a 1280×720 Classic page.
- 2
Open Canvas background
Select the page, then Format page → Canvas background → Browse, and pick the file.
- 3
Fill, 0% transparency
Set Image fit to Fill and transparency to 0% so the panels line up with the page grid.
- 4
Place visuals on the panels
Turn off each visual's background and border, then use the positions above.
Other themes for this background
Other light themes that work on this background. Download the theme JSON from its page and import it after setting the background image.
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Need a chart Power BI doesn’t ship?
Describe it in plain English and VizForge generates a custom visual as a .pbiviz file, with its TypeScript source. In the design studio, hand any visual slot to the AI and the brief carries the slot size and your brand colours. Sankey, Gantt, bullet, waterfall and more: see the visual catalog.
Generate a custom visual with AI · starts free →Questions about this background
What size is the Nordic Split Panel background?
It is designed on a 1280×720 pixel Power BI page (the Classic report size) and downloads at 1280×720, at 1920×1080 for a new page in a Fluent 2 report, and at 2× (2560×1440) for sharper edges on high-resolution screens.
Where do I place my visuals on this background?
Use the 7 panel positions in the table on this page. Inset each visual by about 16 pixels inside its panel so rounded corners and shadows stay visible.
How do I set a background image in Power BI?
Select the page, then in Format page → Canvas background choose Browse, pick the image, set Image fit to Fill and transparency to 0%. In theme JSON the labels differ: JSON “Fill” is UI Fill, JSON “Fit” is UI Stretch and JSON “Normal” is UI Fit.
Why do my visuals hide the background panels?
Visuals have their own background and border turned on by default. Turn off Format → General → Effects → Background and Visual border for each visual, or apply the matching theme JSON, which does it for you.
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