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Shape icons for Power BI
80 icons
Using shapes & geometry icons in Power BI
Where shapes & geometry icons earn their place in a report, and how to keep them readable.
Shapes are a good second channel for colour. A blue circle and an orange triangle stay distinct for readers who can't tell the colours apart; two coloured circles do not.
Assign shapes in a fixed order and write it down (circle, square, triangle, diamond). New series then get the next shape without a debate.
Power BI tip: Line and scatter charts already offer marker shapes (Format → Markers → Shape); use the same shapes from this page in tables and cards so the legend carries across visuals.
Good uses
- Custom legend markers
- Category glyphs in tables
- Colour-blind-safe series markers
- Decorative dividers and bullets
Three steps from this page to your report
- 01
Pick and colour
Choose one of the shapes & geometry 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 shapes & geometry icons in commercial Power BI reports?
Yes. They come from open-source sets under the MIT or ISC licence (26 from Lucide, 25 from Tabler Icons, 4 from Heroicons, 25 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.
- Status and alert icons for Power BI
Status icons answer 'is this OK?': done, at risk, failed, needs attention.
- Math and number icons for Power BI
Math icons label calculations: a percentage, a sum, a ratio, a formula.
- Design and colour icons for Power BI
Design icons label visual settings: themes, colours, layers, layout.
All icon categories
- Trends & KPIs
- Charts & graphs
- Currencies
- Money & finance
- Retail & e-commerce
- Shipping & logistics
- Vehicles & travel
- Maps & location
- Buildings & places
- Healthcare
- Education & science
- Files & documents
- Data & databases
- Devices & hardware
- Network & signal
- Security & access
- Mail & chat
- People & users
- HR & workplace
- Marketing
- Ratings & feedback
- Status & alerts
- Time & calendar
- Weather & climate
- Energy & utilities
- Manufacturing & tools
- Nature & agriculture
- Food & hospitality
- Sports & fitness
- Legal & compliance
- Navigation & layout
- Arrows & direction
- Edit & actions
- Search, filter & settings
- Math & numbers
- Text & typography
- Code & development
- Design & colour
- Media & images
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