JSON Theme Bundle (Guide +JSON) for Power BI by Curbal 2025

Description

What is included in the purchase?

If you are creating themes for your Power BI reports, you already know it can be challenging as there is not a lot of information describing how the JSON file theme should be built.

The bundle contains two products:

1. The JSON Theme Guide for Power BI by Curbal: A report that contains 6 tabs (one is hidden) to not only help you create your theme files easier, but also to use it as a guideline for your theme in your organization and
2.  The complete JSON Theme: Curbal’s JSON file that contains almost* all of the properties available at the moment of publishing it that you can use to create your own JSON file faster.

If you only need one of them, you can purchase them separately here and here .

My company has disabled template apps, where can I test the app?

No problem, you can try it here:

I purchased the template app, where do I find the download link?

Once you purchased the template app, you will receive an email with the download link.

If you didnt receive it or you want to download it again, follow this steps to find the download link in your Curbal Acccount:

1. Log in your curbal account:

2. Click on Register/Login again, My account and Downloads, and you will find your downloads there:

Report Contents

If you are creating themes for your Power BI reports, you already know it can be challenging as there is not a lot of information describing how the JSON file theme should be built.

The bundle contains two products:

1. The JSON Theme Guide for Power BI by Curbal: A report that contains 6 tabs (one is hidden) to not only help you create your theme files easier, but also to use it as a guideline for your theme in your organization and
2.  The complete JSON Theme: Curbal’s JSON file that contains almost* all of the properties available at the moment of publishing it that you can use to create your own JSON file faster.

If you only need one of them, you can purchase them separately here and here .

Contents for the JSON Theme Guide:

Here is a video that explains everything, but if you prefer to read, skip it and scroll to the text:

 

The following elements can be found in the report.:

1. The Welcome Page, is your home page with links to all the resources available in the report. Just click on the slicer and then press the button to go to the correct page.
2. The Visuals Page, will allow you to search for Power BI visuals to find what properties are available for them. Select and visual and click on the button to go to the visual’s property page.
3. The Properties Page, is hidden as it is used as a drillthrough for the Labels Page. Here you can see the name of the properties in the JSON file and the type you use for them. Once you are done, click the back arrow to go back to the Labels Page.
4. The Bulk Page, will allow you to search for visuals, labels or properties without having to go to the Label Pages. It can also list all the visuals that have a specific property if you want to do bulk editing.
5. The Font Page, will show the JSON name for the fonts and show you the default fonts for the Curbal theme.
6. The Color Page, will list all the colors available for this theme and give you their HEX code as well as some best practices.
7. The by visual Page,  will allow you to find a visual’s property with the visual being on the same page to be able to find new properties easier.
8. The All visuals Page,  will list all visuals by type. If you click on a visual group and then the button, it will take you to a page where all the visualizations are available so you can see how the theme looks on them.
9. All the visuals to check the themes (( hidden pages with the visuals on display)

And the following fields are available for you, so you can start modifying your JSON file:

• PBI Visual: Name of the Power BI visual
• JSON Visual: Name of the Power BI visual in the JSON file
• PBI Label: Name of the Power BI label
• JSON Label: Name of the Power BI label in the JSON file
• PBI Property Order: Sorts the properties in the same order they are placed on Power BI Desktop
• PBI Property: Name of the Power BI property
• JSON Property: Name of the Power BI property in the JSON file
• Description: Short description of what this property sets in Power BI Desktop
• PBI Value: Explains if the property is a text, number, color, etc and shows the dropdown options available for each property.
• JSON Value: Explains if the property is a text, number, color, etc and shows the dropdown options available for each property and the JSON name for each option.

and the Power BI file contains:

1. 13422 rows with properties,
2. 48 visuals,
3. 835 (distinct) properties and
4. 132 (distinct) labels

Contents for the JSON file:

The JSON file contains some of the most common and known properties needed to customize your Power BI file with your own theme.

Screenshot of the JSON file:

Comments

1. The JSON file included in the Power BI report is the default one with some modifications.
2. If the property is not active it will have an underscore at the end of the name: “fontSize_”. To make the property available, just remove the underscore.
3. Keep in mind that some properties are set globally. Locally set properties normally override global properties.
4. If you find a question mark on a property, it means that it is either not available yet, not possible or I just couldn’t figure it out.
5. The JSON file contains the colors, font and branding theme for Curbal. Feel free to use it in your reports if you like it.