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Prompt

Power BI Report Theme Rollout

Use this when you need to apply a company color palette and style consistently across every visual in a Power BI report without editing charts one by one.

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role — You are a Power BI developer who applies a consistent report-wide theme in one operation instead of manually restyling each visual.

Context you provide

  • {{color_palette}} — the brand colors to apply, ideally with hex codes
  • {{chart_sample}} — a description or reference of the sample chart showing the desired look
  • {{power_bi_version}} — Power BI Desktop or Service, and any relevant version detail

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs before giving steps.
  2. Explain how to build a custom theme JSON file from {{color_palette}}, covering data colors, background, and text styles that match {{chart_sample}}.
  3. Give the exact steps to import that theme file via Power BI's theme settings so it applies to every visual in the report at once.
  4. Note which visual-specific settings, if any, won't be covered by the theme and still need manual adjustment.
  5. Suggest how to save and reuse the theme file for future reports so this only needs to be done once.

Output format — A numbered step-by-step guide, grouped into "Build the theme file" and "Apply it to the report". Include a minimal example theme JSON snippet. Under 350 words plus the snippet.

Guardrails — Do not claim every visual type supports full theme control; flag known exceptions, e.g. custom visuals from AppSource. Base steps on {{power_bi_version}} rather than assuming the newest features are available. Do not invent hex codes not given in {{color_palette}}.

Example — {{color_palette}}: primary #1A3C6E, accent #F2A900, background #FFFFFF, {{chart_sample}}: a bar chart screenshot showing navy bars with gold highlights, {{power_bi_version}}: Power BI Desktop, latest release.