New Feature as of August 2019.

This is additional content for the book, “Data Analysis with Microsoft Power BI.” It fits at the end of Chapter 15 – Sharing Content on the Power BI Service (PowerBI.com).

Branding the Power BI Service

To create a more individualized look within the Power BI Service, you can apply custom branding to PowerBI.com. This custom branding enables you to:

• Change the theme color of the top navigation bar
• Add your company logo
• Add a cover image to the default landing page.

You can choose to customize one, two, or all three of these items.

These features are controlled through the Admin Portal.

Applying Custom Branding to the Power BI Service

1. As part of this exercise, we will use the “Analytics Icon.jpg” and “Globe Background.jpg” image files. Locate these files in the supporting materials download and copy them to a location in your file system.
2. Open a browser and navigate to PowerBI.com.
3. Click “Sign in” at the top of the page and complete the sign-in process.
4. Click the Settings button (the cog icon) in the Power BI toolbar and select “Admin portal” from the menu.
5. Select the “Custom branding” page from the left side.
6. Click the Upload link in the Logo section of the page. The Open dialog box appears.
7. Navigate to the folder where you copied the “Analytics Icon.jpg” image file.
8. Select the “Analytics Icon.jpg” image file and click Open.
9. Click Preview to see how this file will appear on the site. Note the hexagonal logo in the upper left corner.
10. Click Go Back.
11. Click the Upload link in the “Cover image” section of the page. The Open dialog box appears.
12. Navigate to the folder where you copied the “Globe Background.jpg” image file.
13. Select the “Globe Background.jpg” image file and click Open.
14. Click Preview to see how this file will appear on the site. Note the hexagonal logo in the upper left corner.
15. Click Go Back.

NOTE
If required, you can use the Crop button to crop the image so it displays properly on the page. For best results across various screen resolutions, you should use a cover image that is 160 pixels high and at least 2000 pixels wide.

16. Click the “Theme color” entry box. The color picker will appear.
17. Delete the entry beginning with the “#” and type #00A9#2 in its place. The color picker appears as shown:
    
18. Click anywhere on the page outside of the color picker to exit the color picker.
19. Click Preview. The preview of the Home page appears similar to the following:
    
20. Click Go Back.
21. Click Publish to save your changes. The “Publish your changes” confirmation dialog box appears.
22. Click Publish. The “Published” dialog box appears.
23. Click OK.
24. Close your browser and reopen it.
25. Navigate to PowerBI.com and sign in. You should see your branded page.

Removing Custom Branding from the Power BI Service

1. Open a browser, navigate to PowerBI.com, and sign in.
2. Click the Settings button (the cog icon) in the Power BI toolbar and select “Admin portal” from the menu.
3. Select the “Custom branding” page from the left side.
4. Click the “Remove custom branding” link.
5. Click Publish to save your changes. The “Publish your changes” confirmation dialog box appears.
6. Click Publish. The “Published” dialog box appears.
7. Click OK.
8. Close your browser and reopen it.
9. Navigate to PowerBI.com and sign in. You should see the nonbranded page.