Light Power BI background · 1280×720

Slate Tabbed Report

Executive Power BI background with a tab strip for bookmark navigation and a single large content card; slate palette for clean board reports.

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Free for commercial use
Slate Tabbed Report: light Power BI page background, header + 4-tab strip + one large content card, 1280×720

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.

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About this background

A header with a four-tab strip drawn under it, designed for bookmark navigation: place a bookmark navigator (Insert → Buttons → Navigator → Bookmark navigator) over the tabs with transparent fill, and each tab shows a different set of visuals in the same big card.

The content card is 1232×560px, a single surface so you can rearrange visuals per bookmark without redesigning the page. The first tab is drawn active; export a background per state if you want the active tab to move.

Slate Executive is a cool, low-saturation theme suited to leadership reviews.

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).

Panel positions on the Slate Tabbed Report background
VisualXYWidthHeight
Main chart241361232560

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 24, 136 · 1232×560 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.

Brief sent to the generator (you can edit it there)

A Power BI custom visual titled "Main chart". It sits in a 1232×560 px slot on a designed report page. Match the report's brand: data colours #1E3A5F, #778DA6, #B5651D, #5E7A8C, #A18758, #3D6B5A; background #FFFFFF; text #1B2430; font Segoe UI. Transparent visual background so the page design shows through; no visual border. It sits on a panel of the Slate Tabbed Report page background.

Matching theme

Slate Executive

The Theme JSON button above downloads this palette.

View the Slate Executive theme →

Set this background in Power BI Desktop

  1. 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. 2

    Open Canvas background

    Select the page, then Format page → Canvas background → Browse, and pick the file.

  3. 3

    Fill, 0% transparency

    Set Image fit to Fill and transparency to 0% so the panels line up with the page grid.

  4. 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.

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.

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Questions about this background

What size is the Slate Tabbed Report 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 1 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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Make a background that fits your report

Draw panels, header bands and navigation rails on the Power BI grid in the design studio, add your logo, and export at 1× or 2×.

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