power-bi-visuals

name Power BI Visuals description Add, configure, bind data to, and bulk-manage visuals on Power BI PBIR report pages using pbi-cli. Invoke this skill whenever the user mentions "add a chart", "bar chart", "line chart", "card", "KPI", "gauge", "scatter", "table visual", "matrix", "slicer", "combo chart", "bind data", "visual type", "visual layout", "resize visuals", "bulk update visuals", "bulk delete", "visual calculations", or wants to place, move, bind, or remove any visual on a report page. Also invoke when the user asks what visual types are supported or how to connect a visual to their data model. tools pbi-cli Power BI Visuals Skill Create and manage visuals on PBIR report pages. No Power BI Desktop connection is needed -- these commands operate directly on JSON files. Adding Visuals # Add by alias (pbi-cli resolves to the PBIR type) pbi visual add --page page_abc123 -- type bar pbi visual add --page page_abc123 -- type card --name "Revenue Card" # Custom position and size (pixels) pbi visual add --page page_abc123 -- type scatter \ --x 50 --y 400 --width 600 --height 350 # Named visual for easy reference pbi visual add --page page_abc123 -- type combo --name sales_combo Each visual is created as a folder with a visual.json file inside the page's visuals/ directory. The template includes the correct schema URL and queryState roles for the chosen type. Prerequisite: Measures Must Exist in the Semantic Model visual bind writes field references into the visual JSON. It does not create measures — it only records that a measure should exist. If the measure is missing from the TMDL, every visual bound to it will show an error in Desktop. Before binding any visual to a measure, verify the measure exists: # Option A: create it via pbi-cli (requires pbi connect) pbi connect pbi measure create "Total Revenue" -e "SUM(Fact_Sales[Total_Revenue])" -t Fact_Sales # Option B: check existing measures in the TMDL file directly # Look for `measure '...' =` lines in SemanticModel/definition/tables/*.tmdl After adding measures directly to a TMDL file (without pbi connect ): close and reopen the .pbip file in Power BI Desktop. Desktop only reads TMDL on file open — it does not hot-reload TMDL changes made on disk. Checklist before opening Desktop: Every --field , --value , --indicator reference points to a real measure or column in the TMDL Table names match exactly (case-sensitive in PBIR): "Fact_Sales" ≠ "fact_sales" Measure names match exactly: "Total Revenue" ≠ "Total_Revenue" Binding Data Visuals start empty. Use visual bind with Table[Column] notation to connect them to your semantic model. The bind options vary by visual type -- see the type table below. # Bar chart: category axis + value pbi visual bind mybar --page p1 \ --category "Geography[Region]" --value "Sales[Revenue]" # Card: single field pbi visual bind mycard --page p1 --field "Sales[Total Revenue]" # Matrix: rows + values + optional column pbi visual bind mymatrix --page p1 \ --row "Product[Category]" --value "Sales[Amount]" --value "Sales[Quantity]" # Scatter: X, Y, detail, optional size and legend pbi visual bind myscatter --page p1 \ --x "Sales[Quantity]" --y "Sales[Revenue]" --detail "Product[Name]" # Combo chart: category + column series + line series pbi visual bind mycombo --page p1 \ --category "Calendar[Month]" --column "Sales[Revenue]" --line "Sales[Margin]" # KPI: indicator + goal + trend axis pbi visual bind mykpi --page p1 \ --indicator "Sales[Revenue]" --goal "Sales[Target]" --trend "Calendar[Date]" # Gauge: value + max/target pbi visual bind mygauge --page p1 \ --value "Sales[Revenue]" --max "Sales[Target]" Binding uses ROLE_ALIASES to translate friendly names like --value into the PBIR role name (e.g. Y , Values , Data ). Measure vs Column is inferred from the role: value/indicator/goal/max roles create Measure references, category/row/detail roles create Column references. Override with --measure flag if needed. Inspecting and Updating # List all visuals on a page pbi visual list --page page_abc123 # Get full details of one visual pbi visual get visual_def456 --page page_abc123 # Move, resize, or toggle visibility pbi visual update vis1 --page p1 --width 600 --height 400 pbi visual update vis1 --page p1 --x 100 --y 200 pbi visual update vis1 --page p1 --hidden pbi visual update vis1 --page p1 --visible # Delete a visual pbi visual delete visual_def456 --page page_abc123 Container Properties Set border, background, or title on the visual container itself: pbi visual set-container vis1 --page p1 --background "#F0F0F0" pbi visual set-container vis1 --page p1 --border-color "#CCCCCC" --border-width 2 pbi visual set-container vis1 --page p1 --title "Sales by Region" Visual Calculations Add DAX calculations that run inside the visual scope: pbi visual calc-add vis1 --page p1 --role Values \ --name "RunningTotal" --expression "RUNNINGSUM([Revenue])" pbi visual calc-list vis1 --page p1 pbi visual calc-delete vis1 --page p1 --name "RunningTotal" Bulk Operations Operate on many visuals at once by filtering with --type or --name-pattern : # Find visuals matching criteria pbi visual where --page overview -- type barChart pbi visual where --page overview -- type kpi --y-min 300 # Bind the same field to ALL bar charts on a page pbi visual bulk-bind --page overview -- type barChart \ --category "Date[Month]" --value "Sales[Revenue]" # Resize all KPI cards pbi visual bulk-update --page overview -- type kpi --width 250 --height 120 # Hide all visuals matching a pattern pbi visual bulk-update --page overview --name-pattern "Temp_*" --hidden # Delete all placeholders pbi visual bulk-delete --page overview --name-pattern "Placeholder_*" Filter options for where , bulk-bind , bulk-update , bulk-delete : --type -- PBIR visual type or alias (e.g. barChart , bar ) --name-pattern -- fnmatch glob on visual name (e.g. Chart_* ) --x-min , --x-max , --y-min , --y-max -- position bounds (pixels) All bulk commands require at least --type or --name-pattern to prevent accidental mass operations. Supported Visual Types (32) Charts Alias PBIR Type Bind Options bar barChart --category, --value, --legend line lineChart --category, --value, --legend column columnChart --category, --value, --legend area areaChart --category, --value, --legend ribbon ribbonChart --category, --value, --legend waterfall waterfallChart --category, --value, --breakdown stacked_bar stackedBarChart --category, --value, --legend clustered_bar clusteredBarChart --category, --value, --legend clustered_column clusteredColumnChart --category, --value, --legend scatter scatterChart --x, --y, --detail, --size, --legend funnel funnelChart --category, --value combo lineStackedColumnComboChart --category, --column, --line, --legend donut / pie donutChart --category, --value, --legend treemap treemap --category, --value Cards and KPIs Alias PBIR Type Bind Options card card --field card_visual cardVisual --field (modern card) card_new cardNew --field multi_row_card multiRowCard --field kpi kpi --indicator, --goal, --trend gauge gauge --value, --max / --target Tables Alias PBIR Type Bind Options table tableEx --value matrix pivotTable --row, --value, --column Slicers Alias PBIR Type Bind Options slicer slicer --field text_slicer textSlicer --field list_slicer listSlicer --field advanced_slicer advancedSlicerVisual --field (tile/image slicer) Maps Alias PBIR Type Bind Options azure_map / map azureMap --category, --size Decorative and Navigation Alias PBIR Type Bind Options action_button actionButton (no data binding) image image (no data binding) shape shape (no data binding) textbox textbox (no data binding) page_navigator pageNavigator (no data binding) Suppressing Auto-Sync (--no-sync) By default, every write command automatically syncs Power BI Desktop. When adding or binding many visuals in sequence, Desktop reloads after each one. Use --no-sync on the visual command group to batch all changes, then call pbi report reload once at the end: # Suppress sync while building visuals pbi visual --no-sync add --page overview -- type card --name rev_card pbi visual --no-sync bind rev_card --page overview --field "Sales[Total Revenue]" pbi visual --no-sync add --page overview -- type bar --name sales_bar pbi visual --no-sync bind sales_bar --page overview --category "Product[Category]" --value "Sales[Revenue]" # Single reload when all visuals are done pbi report reload JSON Output All commands support --json for agent consumption: pbi --json visual list --page overview pbi --json visual get vis1 --page overview