Zebra BI Cards – Preparing data: Single card

We’ll guide you through the process of three different ways of presenting the data with the Zebra BI Cards visual. This is the first article in a series Preparing for Zebra BI Cards visual. Here you will get help on creating a basic single card visual. 

Preparing data article series

1. Single card
2. Basic Card with a single Excel table
3. Power Query (more advanced)
4. DAX/Switch (the most flexible)

Watch how to create a basic KPI card

Let’s get started.

Step 1: Locate your Zebra BI Cards visual in the Power BI visualizations pane and add it to the report.

Step 2: Drag and drop the Values measure into the Values placeholder – a single card will show up with the value shown in the middle.

Step 3: Continue building the visual by placing any of the comparison measures (in our case the Plan measure) in the corresponding placeholder – now you will see the variance in numerical and chart form.

Step 4: Finish building a comprehensive single card by placing one of the dimensions (in our case Month) in the Category (trend) placeholder, adding the time component to the visual.

Now that you have a single card, learn how to add multiple KPI cards in one of the three ways:

1. with a single Excel table,
2. using a slightly more advanced way with Power Query, 
3. or the most powerful option using DAX with SWITCH statement. 

You can also familiarize yourself with the rest of the functionalities in an overview of all Zebra BI Cards features. →