Designing Power BI Templates for Adoption

Templates exist but don't get used. In this session, I'll share my approach to creating Power BI themes and templates that teams actually adopt. You'll leave with ready-to-use assets: theme JSON, starter .pbit, and a rollout checklist.

Most organisations have a Power BI template somewhere. A theme JSON file in a Teams folder. Maybe a .pbit that someone created two years ago. And yet, report after report still gets built from scratch, with mismatched colours and inconsistent layouts.

I've seen this pattern repeatedly across consulting engagements: templates exist, but they don't get used. The problem isn't usually technical. It's that templates are built as an afterthought rather than designed for the people who need to use them.

In this session, I'll walk you through my approach to creating Power BI templates that teams actually adopt.

We'll cover:

- Theme JSON structure: colour palettes, typography, and accessibility considerations
- Report templates (.pbit): creating layouts that flex across different report types
- Translating brand guidelines into Power BI without losing your sanity
- Rolling out templates so they actually stick

You'll leave with ready-to-use assets: a theme JSON template, a starter .pbit file, and a rollout checklist. Whether you're building templates for your own team or advising clients, this session gives you everything you need to get it right.