How To Add Text Box In Power Bi

Adding a text box in Power BI involves using a title or a text box visual. Let’s discuss how to do it with an example.

Add Text Box Using Title Visual:

1. Open Power BI Desktop and load your data.
2. From the “Visualizations” pane, select the “Title” visual.
3. Drag and drop the fields you want to display as static text into the “Value” field well of the “Title” visual.
4. Customize the appearance of the text box by changing the font, color, size, etc.
5. You can also add a background color or image to the text box.

Using the Title visual, you can create static text boxes that display information from your data model.

Add Text Box Using Text Box Visual:

1. Open Power BI Desktop and load your data.
2. From the “Visualizations” pane, select the “Text box” visual.
3. Drag and drop the fields or measures you want to display dynamically into the “Value” field well of the “Text box” visual.
4. Customize the appearance of the text box by changing the font, color, size, etc.
5. You can also add conditional formatting to the text box based on certain rules or logic.

Using the Text box visual, you can create dynamic text boxes that update based on the data loaded in your model.

Here’s an example of using the Title visual to add a static text box:

And here’s an example of using the Text box visual to add a dynamic text box: