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CV & Portfolio Power BI template

Free Power BI CV template: a one-page résumé report with a profile sidebar, skills and certifications, impact KPIs, a career timeline slot and project highlights.

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Dark version: same layout, colours re-solved and checked for WCAG AA contrast.

CV & Portfolio Power BI dashboard template: 4 KPI cards, a bar chart, 2 tables, a custom visual, a donut chart, a column chart and 1 slicer on a 1280×720 page

BetaOpens in Power BI Desktop with 7 tables of sample data and every built-in visual bound; 1 slot left for a custom visual (Career timeline). See what’s inside

Free, no sign-up. The PBIP with sample data includes the background, theme and a README. 1920×1080 fits a new page in a Fluent 2 report; 1280×720 and 2× fit Classic pages. Downloads carry a small “Made with VizForge” mark (sign in to the studio to remove it).

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Layout
Profile sidebar with skills + certifications, 4 impact KPIs, timeline + industry split, projects table + yearly impact
Page size
1280×720 px (16:9, Power BI default)
Theme
Arctic Teal

Open the sample-data PBIP in Power BI Desktop

Checked against Microsoft Learn's Power BI Desktop projects documentation (as of Nov 2026).

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    Unzip to a short path and open the .pbip

    Extract the zip to a short local folder such as C:\PBI (Windows limits project paths to 260 characters, and Desktop can't save a project straight to OneDrive or SharePoint), then double-click the .pbip file or use File → Open in Power BI Desktop. Microsoft still lists projects and TMDL as preview features (as of Nov 2026): if Desktop won't open the project, go to File → Options and settings → Options → Preview features, tick “Power BI Project (.pbip) save option” and “Store semantic model using TMDL format”, then restart Desktop.

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    Select Refresh once

    The project ships without the local data cache (.pbi/cache.abf), so Desktop opens the full model definition without data. Select Home → Refresh: every table is built from values written into its Power Query step, so there is no data source to sign in to.

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    Save as .pbix or connect your data

    Use File → Save as to keep a single .pbix file, or open Transform data and replace each table's Source step with your own query, keeping the column names so the measures and visuals keep working.

What’s inside the CV & Resume sample model

Rendered from the same definition the download writes as TMDL, so this list always matches the file.

Tables
7
Fact rows
95
DAX measures
7

A fictional Power BI developer's portfolio: 16 client projects from 2019 to 2026 across six industries, 76 delivered reports, dashboards and models with the users each serves and the hours of manual work it replaced, plus skills, certifications and roles. Clients are generic descriptions, not real companies. Units: Users as people with access; hours saved per month as estimated manual reporting time replaced; proficiency on a 1–5 scale.

Tables and columns

Calendar

Date table · 2019–2026, one row per day

Date table generated in Power Query (List.Dates), marked as the model's date table.

  • Date (date)
  • Year (whole number)
  • Quarter (text)
  • Month (text)
  • Month Name (text)
  • Week Start (date)
  • Weekday (text)
  • Fiscal Year (text)

Industry

Dimension · 6 rows

Client industries.

  • Industry (text)

Projects

Dimension · 16 rows

One row per client project. Clients are described, not named.

  • Project (text)
  • Client (text)
  • Industry (text)
  • Start Date (date)
  • End Date (date)
  • Role (text)

Deliverables

Fact · 76 rows

One row per report, dashboard, semantic model, paginated report or dataflow handed over, with its audience and the manual reporting time it replaced.

  • Deliverable ID (text)
  • Project (text)
  • Type (text)
  • Delivered Date (date)
  • Pages (whole number)
  • Users (whole number)
  • Hours Saved (whole number)

Skills

Fact · 12 rows

Self-assessed skills: proficiency 1 (learning) to 5 (expert) and years of use.

  • Skill (text)
  • Area (text)
  • Proficiency (whole number)
  • Years Used (whole number)

Certifications

Fact · 3 rows

Certifications held, by year earned.

  • Certification (text)
  • Issuer (text)
  • Year Earned (whole number)

Roles

Fact · 4 rows

Employment history for the career timeline (End Date blank = current role).

  • Employer (text)
  • Role (text)
  • Start Date (date)
  • End Date (date)

Relationships

Many-to-one, single direction. Inactive relationships are switched on inside a measure with USERELATIONSHIP.

  • Deliverables[Delivered Date] → 'Calendar'[Date]
  • Deliverables[Project] → Projects[Project]
  • Projects[Industry] → Industry[Industry]

DAX measures

All measures live in a dedicated Key Measures table. Copy any of them into your own model; rename the table and column references to match.

Years in BIYears since the first BI role, to the sample's snapshot date (31 Oct 2026). On a live CV, use TODAY ().
Years in BI =
DIVIDE ( DATEDIFF ( MIN ( Roles[Start Date] ), DATE ( 2026, 10, 31 ), DAY ), 365.25 )

Format string: 0.0

Reports DeliveredReports, dashboards, models, paginated reports and dataflows handed over.
Reports Delivered =
COUNTROWS ( Deliverables )

Format string: #,0

Users ServedPeople with access to the delivered items (a person using two items counts twice).
Users Served =
SUM ( Deliverables[Users] )

Format string: #,0

Hours Saved per MonthEstimated manual reporting time the delivered items replaced, per month.
Hours Saved per Month =
SUM ( Deliverables[Hours Saved] )

Format string: #,0

Project CountClient projects with at least one delivered item.
Project Count =
DISTINCTCOUNT ( Deliverables[Project] )

Format string: #,0

Avg ProficiencyMean self-assessed proficiency (1–5).
Avg Proficiency =
AVERAGE ( Skills[Proficiency] )

Format string: 0.0

Certifications HeldCertifications earned.
Certifications Held =
COUNTROWS ( Certifications )

Format string: #,0

What each visual is bound to

The PBIP opens with these fields already on each visual.

Field bindings per visual
VisualFields
IndustrySlicerIndustry[Industry]
Years in BICard[Years in BI]
Reports deliveredCard[Reports Delivered]
Users servedCard[Users Served]
Hours saved per monthCard[Hours Saved per Month]
Career timelineCustom visualPlaceholder for a custom visual
Projects by industryDonut chartIndustry[Industry], [Project Count]
SkillsBar chartSkills[Skill], [Avg Proficiency]
Project highlightsTableProjects[Project], Projects[Client], Projects[Role], [Reports Delivered], [Hours Saved per Month]
Impact by yearColumn chartCalendar[Year], [Hours Saved per Month]
CertificationsTableCertifications[Certification], Certifications[Year Earned]

Questions this dashboard answers

Each one is answered by a visual on the page, from the sample model's own tables and measures.

About this dashboard layout

A Power BI CV works when it proves the skill it describes: the page itself is the work sample, so it has to be as tidy as anything you would hand a client. This layout splits the page the way a recruiter reads it. The left sidebar is the static part of a résumé (photo or logo, name, role, contact lines, skills and certifications) and the right side is evidence: what you delivered, for whom and what changed.

Four KPI cards lead the evidence: years in BI, reports delivered, users served and hours of manual reporting saved per month. Keep them to numbers you can defend in an interview; an estimate of hours saved should come from the people who used to build the spreadsheet. The Industry slicer in the header filters every project visual, so one CV serves applications in different sectors.

The middle row pairs a career timeline with projects by industry. The timeline slot is left for a Gantt-style custom visual (generate one sized to the slot, or use a bar chart of role start and end dates); the donut shows breadth at a glance. The bottom row is a project table (project, client type, your role, items delivered and hours saved) next to a column chart of impact by year, which shows the trajectory a hiring manager is looking for.

Describe clients rather than naming them unless you have permission, and publish the report to the web only with fictional or approved numbers. The sample model keeps everything in one place: a Deliverables fact table related to Projects and Industry, plus small Skills, Certifications and Roles tables you edit in Power Query.

Visuals on the page

Positions are Power BI page pixels. Enter them in Format → General → Properties → Size and position, or use the PBIP download where they are already set.

Visual positions in the CV & Portfolio template
VisualTypeXYWidthHeight
IndustrySlicer10962416040
Years in BICard35212015272
Reports deliveredCard59212014472
Users servedCard82412014472
Hours saved per monthCard105612014472
Career timelineCustom visual352240536184
Projects by industryDonut chart936240304184
SkillsBar chart24344264208
Project highlightsTable352472512208
Impact by yearColumn chart912472328208
CertificationsTable24568264128

Custom visuals for this layout

Built-in Power BI visuals cover most slots above. These slots also suit a custom visual; each page covers the data shape, DAX and a prompt to generate it as a .pbiviz.

Already have a report?

Brand Makeover tries CV & Portfolio first on every page of your Power BI project (.pbip zip) where it fits: the page's visuals have to go into its 10 data slots without overlaps. Pages it can't seat get another catalog layout or a brand grid. Queries, filters and bookmarks are left as they are. Free, in your browser.

Opens with the Analyst / Dense preset, because the Executive preset doesn't use this layout (10 data slots; this preset uses templates with at most 7).

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Swap a slot for a custom visual

Pick any slot and VizForge AI writes a custom visual (.pbiviz, with TypeScript source) sized to it, in this template's colours and shaped for the fields it is bound to.

Generate one that fits this layout.

Custom visual · 536×184 px · custom-visual placeholder

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 "Career timeline". Purpose: Gantt of roles and projects by start and end date. It sits in a 536×184 px slot on a designed report page. Match the report's brand: data colours #0F766E, #4F46E5, #B45309, #BE185D, #0369A1, #65730F; background #FFFFFF; text #1E293B; font Segoe UI. Transparent visual background so the page design shows through; no visual border.

Not sure what to build? Browse the visual catalog or open the template in the design studio and hand off any slot from there. Or start in the AI generator with a blank brief.

Colours and theme

Arctic Teal

Cool light Power BI theme with a deep teal lead, slate text and ice-grey page; AA-checked data colours for IT, healthcare and service reports.

See the Arctic Teal palette and contrast checks →

Use the background in an existing report

Prefer to keep your own report? Apply the design to it instead of opening the PBIP.

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    Download the background

    Take the 1920×1080 PNG for a new page in a Fluent 2 report (the default size for new pages), or the 2× PNG (2560×1440) for sharp text on a 1280×720 Classic page. Power BI scales the image to the canvas.

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    Set the canvas background

    Format page → Canvas background → Browse. Set Image fit to Fill and transparency to 0%.

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    Import the theme

    Design ribbon → Import theme (in the Power BI service: View → Theme pane), then pick the downloaded JSON. Data colours and fonts now match the design. Older Desktop builds: View → Themes → Browse for themes.

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    Place your visuals

    Size each visual to the positions above with background and border off, or open the PBIP project where they are already placed.

Questions about this template

Does the CV & Portfolio template come with sample data?

Yes. The “PBIP with sample data” download contains a semantic model with 7 tables and 7 DAX measures, and every built-in visual on the page is already bound to it (Career timeline stays a placeholder for a custom visual you can generate). The sample: A fictional Power BI developer's portfolio: 16 client projects from 2019 to 2026 across six industries, 76 delivered reports, dashboards and models with the users each serves and the hours of manual work it replaced, plus skills, certifications and roles. Clients are generic descriptions, not real companies. The data is written into each table's Power Query step, so there is no data source or sign-in.

Is it a .pbix file?

It is a Power BI project (PBIP): a folder of text files that Power BI Desktop opens like a .pbix. Open the .pbip file, select Refresh once to load the sample rows, then use File → Save as if you want a single .pbix.

What visuals are in the CV & Portfolio template?

The page has 11 visual areas: 1 slicer, 4 cards, 1 custom visual, 1 donut chart, 1 bar chart, 2 tables, 1 column chart. Their exact positions are listed on this page so you can match them in Power BI's Format → General → Properties panel, or skip that step by downloading the PBIP project.

Which theme does the CV & Portfolio template use?

It ships with the Arctic Teal theme (light tone). Download the theme JSON here, or open the template in the design studio and switch to any other theme or your own brand colours.

Is there a dark version of the CV & Portfolio template?

Yes. Switch the preview to Dark and every download (background, theme JSON and PBIP) comes in that version. The layout is identical; the page, card and text colours are re-solved for a dark page, and the accent, status and data colours keep their hues but are adjusted until text meets WCAG AA (4.5:1) and chart colours reach 3:1 against the cards.

How do I use the background image in Power BI Desktop?

Select the page, open Format page → Canvas background, choose Browse and pick the PNG, then set Image fit to Fill and transparency to 0%. Give your visuals a transparent background and no border so the designed panels show through.

Can I open the PBIP project in Power BI Desktop?

Yes. PBIR is the default report format in Power BI Desktop since September 2026, and the download is a PBIP project: unzip it and open the .pbip file, select Refresh once and the sample data loads into visuals that are already bound (the empty PBIP leaves the containers unbound for your own data). Microsoft still lists projects and TMDL as preview features (as of Nov 2026), so if Desktop won't open it, enable them under File → Options and settings → Options → Preview features.

Dashboard guides that use these visuals

Guides to the same dashboard job: which custom visuals it needs, the DAX behind them and prompts to generate them.

KPI cards for this layout

Headline numbers drawn by one DAX SVG measure each, for the Card visual or a table row.

Want the headline numbers to look like cards rather than plain values? Browse the KPI card gallery or build your own in the SVG measure builder.

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