TL;DR
Marker enhancements are new ways to style the dots and shapes on a Power BI line or scatter chart. Microsoft added them in the October 2024 Power BI Desktop update. You can now rotate a marker, fade it, outline it, or style one point or one series at a time. Shape, size and color settings already existed. Since July 2026 your data can also decide which markers get a color, so only the highest and lowest points stand out. Give every line its own marker shape so the chart still reads in greyscale.
Key Takeaways Marker enhancements shipped in the October 2024 Power BI Desktop update, version 2.137.751.0. Shape, size and color were already there, and the update added rotation, transparency, borders and category or series scope. With no Legend field the Markers dropdown lists categories, and with a Legend field it lists series. Scatter charts add a Size field, range scaling and auto-fit markers on top of the same options. Conditional formatting for line chart markers became generally available in the July 2026 update. Microsoft’s accessibility guidance is to give each line its own marker shape. When Four Revenue Lines Print as One Picture a finance lead sending the board pack to a black and white printer. The four regional revenue lines on page six turn into the same grey, and nobody in the room can say which one is slipping.
Markers fix that problem. Give each line its own shape and the chart reads on any screen, in any print run, for any reader.
Power BI has offered markers for years. The October 2024 update turned them into a real design tool, and a 2026 change lets your data decide which markers show.
What Marker Enhancements Are and When Each Piece Shipped Marker enhancements are formatting options Microsoft added for markers on line charts, scatter charts and anomaly detection . They were announced in the Power BI October 2024 Feature Summary , and the release shipped in Power BI Desktop version 2.137.751.0 on October 14, 2024.
Microsoft lists the section under Reporting with no preview label, while the new List Slicer in the same post carries one. Treat marker enhancements as a standard feature of current Desktop builds.
The release note also settles what is new. Shape and size controls already existed, and color was already adjustable. The update added rotation, transparency, borders, a per-category and per-series scope, and a Show for this category toggle.
Markers themselves are older than 2024. They first arrived in the June 2017 Power BI Desktop update for line, area and combo charts. The release had a shape list plus size and color controls.
That post already advised a different marker for each line, so color-blind readers are not left relying on color alone.
Marker formatting has kept moving since then, so a dated view of the marker enhancements helps when you plan a report standard.
When What changed Visuals Status and source June 2017 Markers on line, area and combo charts, with a shape list, size and color Line, area and combo charts Described in the June 2017 Feature Summary August 2023 Bubble range scaling with Auto, Magnitude and Data Range options Scatter chart Announced in the August 2023 Feature Summary October 2024 Marker enhancements with rotation, transparency, borders, category scope and series scope Line, scatter and anomaly detection markers Listed without a preview label in the October 2024 Feature Summary April 2026 Auto-fit markers toggle that keeps edge bubbles inside the plot area Scatter chart Listed in the April 2026 Feature Summary and documented in the Learn scatter chart article without a preview label July 2026 Conditional formatting for line charts and legends, which includes a field value color for markers Line, area, stacked area and 100% stacked area charts Marked Generally Available in the July 2026 Feature Summary
One naming warning applies here. Azure Maps has its own markers feature, described in Microsoft’s January 2026 Azure Maps announcement . It is separate from the line and scatter chart options in this guide.
Which Visuals Support Marker Formatting Microsoft’s October 2024 note names three targets, which are line charts, scatter charts and anomaly detection markers. Check the Markers card in your own build before you promise the same options on a combo chart or a custom visual.
Visual Marker controls available Worth knowing Line chart Shape, size, rotation, color, transparency and border, set for all markers, one series or one category Markers also follow conditional formatting. The Learn line chart article covers the Markers card. Scatter chart The same marker options, plus a Size field, range scaling and auto-fit markers The Learn scatter chart article lists a maximum of 10,000 data points. Anomaly detection Anomaly markers received the same October 2024 revamp Learn says anomaly detection needs a single-series line chart with a continuous x-axis. Area and combo charts Markers are supported, and Microsoft accessibility guidance covers them alongside line charts. Conditional formatting reaches area chart markers from July 2026. The October 2024 note names only line, scatter and anomaly markers, so confirm the Markers card in your Desktop build before you rely on every option in a template.
How to Find and Turn On Marker Enhancements in Power BI The path is short once you know the card name. These steps follow the Microsoft Learn wording for a line chart, and a scatter chart uses the same card.
Select the line chart or scatter chart on the report canvas. Open Format visual in the Visualizations pane, the paintbrush icon. Under Visual , expand the Markers card. Turn on Show for all series . If the chart has no Legend field, turn on Show for all categories instead. Pick the scope in the dropdown, either all markers, one series or one category. Expand Shape , Color and Border and set each option. Pane labels shift between Desktop builds. The October 2024 note says the old Markers toggle moved under Show for all series, so older tutorials may point you to a different spot.
The Six Marker Options in Detail Every marker has six dials, and each one can be set for all points, for a single series or for a single category. Knowing what each dial is good for keeps the formatting purposeful.
Shape. Pick a circle, square, diamond, triangle or another shape from the Shape list. Shape is the strongest way to tell series apart without relying on color.Size. Larger markers read better on a projector, and smaller markers keep dense lines clean. On a scatter chart the Size field can replace the fixed size with a measure.Rotation. Rotation works for every shape except the circle, and you enter the angle in degrees. It helps when a triangle and a diamond on neighboring lines look too alike.Color. Match the marker to its line, or contrast with it when the point needs attention.Transparency. Fade the points that supply context, such as earlier years. The release note says transparency can be set for a category, a series or all markers.Border. A border has its own color, width and transparency. By default it matches the series color, and you can switch that off to pick your own.Customize Markers on a Line Chart Marker enhancements give line charts two scopes, and the fields on the chart decide which one you get. The same dropdown lists categories or series depending on what the chart contains.
Single Series With Category-Level Control Build a line chart with Month on the x-axis and Total sales on the y-axis, with nothing in the Legend well. Open the Markers card, turn on Show for all categories and open the dropdown, which now lists the months.
Choose December and give it a diamond, a larger size, an orange fill and a navy border. Every other month keeps the general style, so one point reads as the story.
The Show for this category toggle hides or shows a single marker. Use it when a point sits outside the period you want readers to focus on.
Multiple Series With a Legend Add Product to the Legend well and the chart draws one line per product. The Markers dropdown now lists series, and each choice styles every marker on that line.
Give Product A circles, Product B squares and Product C triangles. Then set a border on the series you want readers to track.
Styling you set before adding a second measure is kept. In Amit Chandak’s walkthrough, a custom marker on one category survived when he added a Gross measure. The dropdown then listed series instead of categories.
Plan the field wells first. The Learn line chart article notes that charts with several measures in the Y-axis well do not accept a Legend field. Using one measure plus a Legend field gives you dynamic series, while several measures give you static series.
Pair Markers With Series Labels Many overlapping lines can overwhelm a legend, even with distinct shapes. The Learn line chart article describes series labels, which place each line’s name directly on the chart.
Turn on the Series labels card and the label sits at the end of its line, joined by a leader line to the closest marker. Matching the label color to the series color lets readers follow a line without hunting through the legend.
Markers, series labels and a muted palette together keep a busy chart readable.
Show Markers Without the Line A marker-only view helps when a connecting line implies continuity that the data does not have. In his video walkthrough , Amit Chandak reduces the line width to zero so the line disappears and only the markers remain.
He applies it to every series or to one series, such as keeping the line on Net sales and removing it from Gross sales. Microsoft Learn does not document this step, so confirm it in your Desktop build before it goes into a shared template.
A dot plot is the documented marker-only option. It appears when you put a categorical field on a scatter chart x-axis.
Anomaly Detection Markers Anomaly detection is a line chart feature that you switch on in the Analytics pane. Microsoft Learn says you can format the anomaly’s shape, size and color, and the October 2024 release extended the marker revamp to anomalies.
Anomaly detection needs a single-series line chart with a continuous x-axis. Style anomaly markers differently from regular markers so a flagged point never looks like an ordinary one.
Customize Markers on a Scatter Chart A scatter chart is built from markers, so marker enhancements matter more here than on any other visual. The same Markers card applies, and the dropdown follows the same category or series rule.
Style All Markers or One Category Put Discount percent on the X axis, Margin percent on the Y axis and City in the Values well. Open Markers and style everything at once, or pick one city from the dropdown and give only that point its own shape, color and border.
This is the quickest way to call out a single outlier without adding a second visual or a text box.
Size From a Measure, Range Scaling and Auto-Fit Markers Drag a numeric field into the Size well and the scatter chart becomes a bubble chart. The Learn scatter chart article lets you control how bubble sizes are calculated through the Range scaling option under Visual, then Markers.
Auto is the default. It uses Magnitude for single-sign data and Data Range when the data has both positive and negative values.Magnitude converts negative values to positive ones with the same magnitude, so bubbles scale from zero to the largest magnitude.Data Range maps the smallest value to the smallest bubble and the largest value to the largest bubble.Auto-fit markers is a toggle under Visual, Markers, Shape. It adjusts the plot area so bubbles near the edges and corners stay fully visible. You no longer widen axis limits by hand.
Dot Plots and the 10,000 Data Point Limit Put a categorical field on the X axis instead of a numeric one. Power BI then draws a dot plot with category names along the horizontal axis. That gives you markers without connecting lines through a documented route.
Scatter charts display up to 10,000 data points, set under General, Properties, Advanced options. Microsoft advises testing chart output as you approach that limit, because load time grows with the point count.
If you want reference lines and quadrants on the same chart, see Kanerika’s guide to a quadrant chart in Power BI .
Checklist
Power BI Best Practices Checklist
A pre-publish checklist for Power BI reports. Use it to review chart formatting choices, such as markers, size and color, before a report goes live.
Get the Checklist → Conditional Formatting for Markers Before 2026, a data-driven marker color usually needed a workaround. The July 2026 Feature Summary changed that by marking conditional formatting for line charts and legends as generally available.
Open Markers, then Color, and select the fx button. You can choose a gradient, rules or a field value, and the field value option reads a color from a measure or column.
Markers and series labels inherit the line’s conditional formatting until you color them differently. Microsoft Learn shows the pattern in its conditional formatting for chart lines and legends article .
Mark the Highest and Lowest Points The Learn example uses a measure that returns a theme color for the maximum and another for the minimum. Every other point gets a transparent color.
The measure below uses hex colors so it works in any report. Replace [Total Sales] and ‘Date'[Month] with your own measure and axis column.
Min and Max Marker Color =
VAR CurrentValue = [Total Sales]
VAR MaxValue =
MAXX ( ALLSELECTED ( 'Date'[Month] ), [Total Sales] )
VAR MinValue =
MINX ( ALLSELECTED ( 'Date'[Month] ), [Total Sales] )
RETURN
SWITCH (
TRUE (),
CurrentValue = MaxValue, "#1664DF",
CurrentValue = MinValue, "#FF5F3D",
"#B8C2D1"
)Create the measure in your model. Select the line chart, open Format visual , then Markers , then Color . Select the fx button and set Format style to Field value . Choose the measure under What field should we base this on? and select OK. The maximum point turns blue and the minimum point turns orange, while the rest drop to a muted grey. Microsoft’s own example hides the other markers entirely, which suits a clean executive view.
Limits to Know Before You Build Gradient formatting needs a numeric field or measure. Field value formatting needs a field or measure that returns a color name, a hexadecimal code or a theme color name. Line segment formatting works on a single series, and adding a Legend field turns it off. The conditional formatting needs an aggregation or measure behind it. Line segment color has its own walkthrough in Kanerika’s guide to line segment color customization in Power BI . If you want viewers to switch the plotted measure and its color together, pair this technique with field parameters in Power BI .
Practical Marker Patterns That Work These patterns turn the six dials into report designs that read quickly. Each one uses only the options described above.
Latest period only. Turn markers off for all categories and use Show for this category on the latest month. Use the conditional color measure when the latest period must move with the data.Actual, budget and forecast. Put the three on a Legend field, then pair each marker shape with a different line style. The Lines card offers solid, dashed and dotted styles, so the meaning survives greyscale.Hollow markers. Set the fill transparency to 100 percent and keep the border visible. The marker becomes an empty outline that marks the point without covering the line.Events on a time series. Show markers only for the months with a launch, outage or campaign. The rest of the line stays clean and the events become the story.Overlapping series. Separate lines with distinct shapes and line styles before you add thicker lines or more colors.Worked Example With Four Products The sample data in the Learn line chart article makes a quick practice chart. It uses a Units sold table with a Day column, a Product column and a Total units sold measure.
Build a line chart with Day on the X-axis, Total units sold on the Y-axis and Product in the Legend well. Filter the visual to Product A, B, C and D so four lines remain. Open Markers and turn on Show for all series . Select Product A in the dropdown and choose a circle. Then give Product B a square, Product C a diamond and Product D a triangle. Set the fill transparency of Products B, C and D to 40 percent if Product A is the focus. Add a thin border to each series, then print the page in greyscale and check that all four lines still read. The same recipe carries to any product, region or scenario comparison. Only the field names change.
Choosing Shape, Size and Color That Survive a Real Audience Microsoft’s accessibility guidance for Power BI reports says to avoid using color as the only way of conveying information. For line, area, combo, scatter and bubble visuals it recommends turning on markers and using a different marker shape for each line.
That advice matches WCAG success criterion 1.4.1, Use of Color , which asks for a second cue such as shape or text. A shape-plus-color chart also survives a greyscale printout.
Marker channel Best used for Watch out for Shape Telling series apart without color Beyond four or five shapes the legend becomes a lookup chore Size Magnitude on a scatter chart through the Size field A fixed large size on a dense line chart hides the line itself Color Series identity and conditional status Red and green pairs fail for many viewers, so add a shape cue Transparency Fading context such as earlier years Very low opacity on small markers disappears on a projector Border Separating markers on a busy background A thick border eats the fill of a small marker Rotation Separating a triangle from a diamond Rarely needed, so skip it unless two shapes look alike
Five habits keep marker formatting useful rather than decorative.
Pick shape first and color second. A shape per series is the accessibility baseline, and color then adds a second signal.Fade context and keep it. Lower transparency on earlier years keeps the comparison visible without competing with the current period.Add borders to small markers. A contrasting border makes small shapes readable on shaded backgrounds.Keep sizes, shapes and colors consistent across visuals. A reader should learn the legend once and reuse it on every page.Run the squint test. Microsoft suggests that if your eye lands on data labels before data points, you should switch the labels off.A marker is a symbol on a data point, and a data label is text that shows its value or category. Markers identify series and points without text clutter, and labels give exact numbers.
Data labels and markers do different jobs, so see custom data labels in Power BI for when to use each. The wider design principles sit in Kanerika’s guides to data visualization best practices and data visualization in business analytics .
Troubleshooting Markers That Do Not Show or Behave Most problems with marker enhancements trace back to a toggle, a field well or a documented limit. The table below maps each symptom to the fix that Microsoft’s documentation supports.
Symptom Likely cause Fix No markers on a line chart Show for all series or Show for all categories is off Turn the toggle on in the Markers card One category has no marker Show for this category is off for that point Select the category in the dropdown and turn the toggle on Scatter chart shows a single dot All values aggregate into one point Add a field that is unique per point, such as an ID or row number, to the Values well Bubbles are clipped at the plot edge Axis range is too tight for the marker size Turn on Auto-fit markers under Visual, Markers, Shape Bubbles look too large or too small Range scaling is calculating sizes differently than you expect Switch Range scaling between Auto, Magnitude and Data Range Segment color option is missing The chart has several series or a Legend field Segment formatting needs a single series Conditional marker color is ignored The field does not return a color value Return a color name, hex code or theme color name from the measure Scatter chart loads slowly The chart is near 10,000 data points Test output and reduce the point count or aggregate first
Dense line charts need one more test. Power BI applies high-density line sampling to visuals with very large point counts, so check marker readability at the granularity your viewers actually see.
How to Standardize Markers Across a Report Estate One well-formatted chart is a craft task. Fifty reports built by different authors need a standard, or the same metric will appear with circles on one page and diamonds on the next.
Datasheet
Power BI Dashboard in a Day
Hands-on Power BI training for report authors. Pair it with a marker and visual specification so every new report starts from the standard.
View the Datasheet → Write a marker specification. Define shape, size, border and transparency per chart purpose, such as trend, comparison and status, and publish it next to the color palette.Build it into a template. Ship a starter report whose line and scatter charts already carry the specification, so authors copy it instead of recreating it.Review formatting in source control. The Power BI enhanced report format stores each visual as JSON, and Microsoft Learn says this improves change tracking and merge conflict resolution, so a stray marker change shows up in review.Add marker checks to report sign-off. Ask whether each multi-series line has distinct shapes and whether any status color has a second cue.Set one conditional rule per status. Keep the color measure in the semantic model and reuse it, so a change happens in one place.The table below is an illustrative starting point for that specification. Adjust each value to your brand and audience.
Chart purpose Marker shape Size Border Rule Trend of one measure Circle Small None Show markers only on the latest and peak periods Comparison of series A different shape for each series Medium Thin, in the line color No more than five series per chart Status or exception Diamond Large Contrasting border Color comes from one shared measure Scatter with a Size field Circle Driven by the Size field Thin white border Auto-fit markers on
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Explore Data Analytics Services → Report themes carry colors and visual styling, and Microsoft documents them in its report themes article . Check the current theme schema before you assume a marker default can live in the theme file. Marker choices are safest in the template report.
A short pre-publish check keeps the standard alive.
Marker meaning is intentional, not decorative. Every multi-series line has distinct shapes plus color. Marker size fits the point density. Border contrast is readable on the plot background. Conditional marker colors still work after slicer changes. The chart works with and without a Legend field. Alt text describes the insight in the chart. Scatter bubbles look right at minimum and maximum values and at the plot edges. Standards also cover the controls around the chart. A text slicer visual in Power BI and a card visual follow the same logic of one specification per element. Treat each element the same way so a report built by a new author still feels like part of one product.
Good measures underneath help too, as covered in Power BI data modeling best practices .
How Kanerika Builds Consistent Power BI Visual Design Amit Chandak , Kanerika’s Chief Analytics Officer and a Microsoft MVP, covers the October 2024 marker options in a video on his own channel . Kanerika is also a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Data and AI with an Analytics Specialization.
Kanerika delivers Power BI work from first dashboards to full migrations, and report standards are part of that scope. The team recommends a standards-first sequence of five stages.
Audit. Inventory the existing reports and the formatting habits already in use.Specify. Agree a visual specification that covers markers, colors and status rules.Template. Build a starter report and theme that carry the specification.Rebuild. Migrate or rebuild reports onto the template, whether they come from a legacy BI tool or from unmanaged Power BI files.Train. Give authors a review checklist so the standard survives new hires and new reports.In that healthcare Power BI engagement , the client’s data sat in disconnected sources and its reports, including QlikView analysis, were scattered. Kanerika used Snowflake for centralized global data mapping and delivered Power BI dashboards with an intuitive UI and UX design for data exploration.
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Read the Case Study → The published results were a 61 percent reduction in time to information and a 40 percent decrease in response time. Data-driven decisions rose 25 percent. The client’s own brief called out interface design, which is where series, marker and color choices decide whether a dashboard gets used.
For wider context, read Kanerika’s overviews of what Power BI is and where it fits and of Power BI dashboard development . Teams that need delivery capacity can also hire a Power BI developer through Kanerika. The Power BI technology page and a guide to choosing a Power BI consulting company help with the next step.
Wrapping Up Marker enhancements gave every marker six dials, each settable for all points, one series or one category. The October 2024 update added rotation, transparency, borders and scope, and the July 2026 update added conditional color.
Use shape as the first cue, keep one marker standard across your reports and let a measure call out the points that matter. Start with one chart, test it in greyscale and copy the pattern. Because Microsoft keeps adding to the Markers card, recheck the release notes each quarter before you freeze a template.
Frequently Asked Questions
How to use marker enhancements in Power BI? Select a line or scatter chart, open Format visual and expand the Markers card under Visual. Turn on Show for all series, or Show for all categories if there is no Legend field. Then choose the scope in the dropdown and set shape, size, rotation, color, transparency and border for all markers, one series or one category.
How to add markers in Power BI? Open Format visual on a line or scatter chart and expand Markers. Turn on Show for all series or Show for all categories, then expand Shape to pick a circle, square, diamond, triangle or another style. Use Color to match or contrast with the line. Marker size sits in the same card.
What is a data marker in a chart? A data marker is the small symbol Power BI draws on a data point of a line, scatter or area chart. Common shapes are the circle, square and diamond. Markers make individual values easy to find and let you tell series apart by shape. In a scatter chart the markers are the data points themselves.
Can I customize markers for just one data point? Yes, when the chart has no Legend field. Open the Markers dropdown, which then lists x-axis categories, choose the category and style its marker. You can also use Show for this category to hide or show a single marker. With a Legend field the dropdown lists series, so use a conditional color measure for one point.
Can I use different marker shapes for each series? Yes. Add a field to the Legend well so the chart has series. Open the Markers dropdown, pick a series, then choose its shape, size and color. Microsoft’s accessibility guidance recommends a different marker shape for each line. Color-blind readers and greyscale printouts lose the difference between lines when only color separates them.
How do I remove the line and keep only markers? Reduce the line width in the Lines card to zero and keep the markers on. Amit Chandak shows this in his Power BI walkthrough, for all series or for one. Microsoft Learn does not document the step, so test it in your Desktop build. A dot plot on a scatter chart is the documented alternative.
What's the difference between category-level and series-level styling? Category-level styling applies when the chart has no Legend field, and it formats the marker for one x-axis category such as December. Series-level styling applies when a Legend field creates several lines, and it formats every marker on one line. The Markers dropdown lists categories or series depending on your chart setup.
How to change tick marks in Power BI? Tick settings belong to the axis. Select the visual, open Format visual, expand the X-axis or Y-axis card, then adjust labels, range, gridlines and title. Microsoft Learn lists the axis options available for line charts. If you meant the symbols drawn on the line itself, use the Markers card instead.
Are Power BI marker enhancements generally available or still in preview? Microsoft’s October 2024 release note lists marker enhancements under Reporting with no preview label. The options appear in the Markers card of current Desktop builds. Conditional formatting for line charts and legends, which covers markers, carries a Generally Available label in the July 2026 Feature Summary. Microsoft Learn describes the feature without a preview tag.
Why are my markers not showing in Power BI? First check that Show for all series or Show for all categories is on in the Markers card. Then confirm Show for this category is on for the point you expect and that its color is not transparent. A scatter chart with one dot needs a unique field in the Values well, and clipped bubbles need Auto-fit markers.
Can I conditionally format marker colors in Power BI? Open Markers, then Color, and select the fx button. Choose gradient, rules or field value. A field value measure returns a color name, hex code or theme color. Microsoft’s example marks only the maximum and minimum points with such a measure. The feature carries a Generally Available label in the July 2026 update.
What is the difference between a marker and a data label in Power BI? A marker is a symbol drawn on a data point, and a data label is text that shows its value or category. Markers identify series and points without text clutter, while labels give exact numbers. Microsoft suggests a squint test, and if labels draw your eye before the points, turn the labels off.
How to insert a line with markers? Add a line chart, place a date or category field on the X-axis and a measure on the Y-axis. Open Format visual, expand Markers and turn on Show for all series or Show for all categories. Pick a shape and color. On a combo chart, keep the measure in the line value well so the line carries the markers.
Can marker size in a Power BI scatter chart come from a measure? Yes. Drag a numeric field or measure into the Size well and the scatter chart becomes a bubble chart sized by that value. Use Range scaling under Visual, then Markers, to choose Auto, Magnitude or Data Range. Turn on Auto-fit markers to keep bubbles near the plot edges fully visible, so you do not need to adjust axis limits.
How to change markers in a line graph? Select the chart, open Format visual and expand Markers. Use the dropdown to pick all markers, one series or one category, then change shape, size, color, transparency and border for that scope. For data-driven changes, select the fx button beside Color and base it on a measure that returns a color value.
How to annotate Power BI? Add text boxes and shapes from the Insert tab to explain a visual. For dynamic notes, build a measure that returns text and show it in a card. Reference lines from the Analytics pane can mark targets, and comments in the Power BI service let reviewers discuss a visual. Keep notes short so they do not compete with the chart.
What is the highlight function in Power BI? Cross-highlighting happens when you select a data point in one visual. Power BI then emphasizes the related data in other visuals on the page and dims the rest. You control it with Edit interactions on the Format tab. Selected points keep full color, so formatted markers stay easy to follow.
How to modify tooltips in Power BI? Select the visual, open Format visual and find the Tooltips card to change the tooltip type and styling. Drag extra fields into the Tooltips well to add context. For richer detail, build a report page tooltip and assign it to the visual, so hovering over a marker opens a small page of charts.
What is the enhanced PBIR format? PBIR is the Power BI enhanced report format. It saves a report as a folder of JSON files, including one visual.json per visual, instead of a single report.json file. Microsoft says this improves change tracking and merge conflict resolution, so formatting changes such as marker settings can be reviewed in source control.
What are the enhancements of markers in Power BI? The October 2024 update added rotation for every shape except the circle, transparency, and borders with their own width and transparency. It also added a Show for this category toggle and a dropdown that styles markers by category or by series. Shape, size and color already existed. The update covers line, scatter and anomaly detection markers.
Where can I find marker settings in Power BI? Select a line or scatter chart, click the paintbrush icon to open Format visual and look under the Visual tab for the Markers card. On a scatter chart, shape and auto-fit markers sit under Markers, then Shape. Pane labels can differ between Desktop builds, so look for the Markers card by name.
