Preset · Operational

Power BI layout for wall displays and TV dashboards

For: Operations and plant managers who put a report on a screen on the wall.

A wall display is read from three metres away by people walking past. The Operational preset spends 40% of the page height on KPIs (up to eight, in two rows, with 56pt values), keeps every other text at 16pt or more and asks for 7:1 text contrast. Bold cards with no shadows keep panels distinct on bright screens.

Nobody uses a slicer on a wall, so slicers are flagged rather than given a rail; tables get advice to keep to about ten rows, since row counts need the data and can't be checked from the files. Tick “Dark background” for screens in dim control rooms.

Try it on your report (free, in the browser)Quick restyle: theme and backgrounds only

By · Founder & Reliability Engineer · Updated

Demo: “Clinics” in the Operational preset

A fictional clinic report's clinics page in the Operational preset with a fictional kit. Report and brand are fictional; the run is real: the same engine the tool runs in your browser.

Clinics: before and after wireframes, Operational preset, Design Check 80 to 95
Wireframe preview — the real visuals render in Power BI Desktop.
Report
Maple Row Clinics (F-PBIR-3), page “Clinics”, 2 visuals
Brand
Signal Yard (fictional)
Options
defaults
Page size
1280×720 → 1920×1080
Layout
brand grid, fits the preset
Design Check
80 → 95 on this page (Design Check 100 → 100, Readability 59 → 90); 84 → 95 across the report
Changes
94 in the change log: 39 backgrounds, 1 formatting, 11 layout moves, 6 page size, 1 report settings, 10 tab order, 16 theme, 10 z-order
Integrity
✓ 27 protected files checked unchanged (queries, filters, bookmarks, model)
Readability rules that changed on this page
RuleBeforeAfter
Data colour contrast1/2 pass6/6 pass
Colour-blind-safe neighbours1/1 pass4/5 pass
Smallest text0/2 pass2/2 pass
Title size0/2 pass2/2 pass
Canvas coverage0/1 pass1/1 pass

Kit adjusted for the preset: data[1] #C68900 → #BC8200; data[2] #00A5A5 → #009D9D.

Download this demo's theme.json (a standard Power BI report theme you can import into any report).

How to do it

  1. Add brand and report. Any brand source and the project zip.
  2. Pick Operational. Tick “Dark background” under Fine-tune for dim rooms.
  3. Read the advice. Slicers and long tables on wall pages are listed in the Checks tab.

The Operational numbers

6-column grid, 40 px margins, 32 px gutters; a 48 px thin header; KPI band 432 px (40% of 1080) in two rows; at most eight visuals; coverage up to 75%; titles 20pt, labels and floor 16pt; text contrast 7:1, large text 4.5:1, graphics 3:1; visual header icons hidden; bold cards.

What never changes

Queries, measures, filters, interactions, drill-through bindings, visual and page names, conditional formatting, custom visuals' own formatting, phone layouts and the semantic model. Each is hashed before and after; any difference stops the download. Your project never leaves the browser tab (the optional paid AI plan sends only a page outline, never data or files). Brand fonts show only where installed.

Questions

Does it set the report to auto-refresh?

No. Refresh and display settings live in the Power BI service and on the display device; the makeover only changes the report's look and layout.

What does the dark background change?

The kit: page and cards in very dark shades of your accent's hue, light text at 7:1, and data colours lightened only as far as needed. Every change is listed in the change log.

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