Icon category · 80 icons

Arrow icons for Power BI

Arrows point: next page, drill down, sort direction, change. They are the most generic icons in a report, which is why consistent use matters more here than anywhere else.

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80 icons

Arrow down

Lucide · ISC · #2563EB

Copy for Power BI

Icon Arrow down =
VAR IconColour = "%232563EB" -- write # as %23 inside a data URI
RETURN
    "data:image/svg+xml;utf8," &
    "<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 24 24' color='" & IconColour & "' fill='none' stroke='" & IconColour & "' stroke-width='2' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-linejoin='round' width='24' height='24'><path d='M12 5v14'/><path d='m19 12-7 7-7-7'/></svg>"

DAX measure and data URI: set the measure's Data category to Image URL. Theme icon JSON: paste its iconsblock into your current theme JSON and import that with Design → Import theme (older builds: View → Themes → Browse for themes), then pick the icon in Conditional formatting → Icons. Importing the icons-only file on its own replaces your theme, so your colours and text styles fall back to Power BI's defaults.

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Theme JSON holds only the icons: merge its icons block into your current theme before importing, or your theme's colours reset.

Add up to 24 icons (for example good / neutral / bad) to export them together.

Using arrows & direction icons in Power BI

Where arrows & direction icons earn their place in a report, and how to keep them readable.

Decide what each arrow style means and stick to it: chevrons for navigation, straight arrows for change, carets for expand/collapse. Using one style for all three makes readers guess.

Variance arrows belong with the trends icons; navigation arrows belong on buttons. Keep the two families visually different so a 'next page' button never looks like a positive variance.

Power BI tip: For variance in a table, Conditional formatting → Icons → Directional gives built-in arrows; import these through a theme 'icons' block when you need them to match your button style.

Good uses

Next / previous page buttons
Drill and expand indicators
Sort direction markers
Variance direction (with the trends set)

Three steps from this page to your report

01
Pick and colour
Choose one of the arrows & direction icons below and set its colour to match your theme.
02
Copy the format you need
SVG or PNG for Image visuals and button icons; the DAX measure or data URI for tables, matrices and cards; theme icon JSON for conditional formatting.
03
Bind it in Power BI
For a measure, set Measure tools → Data category to Image URL. For theme icons, import the theme and choose the icon in Conditional formatting → Icons.

Want the icon next to a formatted value with a target colour? The free DAX SVG measure builder draws icon + value cards, and the conditional formatting icons recipe walks through custom icon sets end to end.

Questions about these icons

Can I use these arrows & direction icons in commercial Power BI reports?

Yes. They come from open-source sets under the MIT or ISC licence (20 from Lucide, 20 from Tabler Icons, 20 from Heroicons, 20 from Fluent UI System Icons), which allow commercial use. Keep the licence notice when you redistribute the icon files themselves; the full texts are on the licence page. Licence texts · licence file (.txt)

Why does my DAX icon show as text?

The measure's Data category must be Image URL (Measure tools → Data category). Also check that every # in the SVG is written as %23, which the copied measure already does.