PL-300 - Visualize and Analyze the Data (23% of the exam) - Section 3.2

Enhance reports for usability and storytelling using formatting, themes, and accessibility features.

Apply report themes and conditional formatting to guide the reader's eye, and add tooltips and report navigation to improve discoverability. Configure accessibility features such as alt text and tab order so that reports meet inclusive design standards.

report themesconditional formattingaccessibility featurestooltipsreport navigation

Practice question for this objective

Free sampleVisualize and Analyze the Datamedium

A report author wants to know which visual types beyond tables and matrices accept conditional formatting in Power BI. Which visual types does the documentation explicitly call out as also supporting conditional formatting? (Select 3 answers)

  • AColumn chart with bar colour driven by a measure value. Correct
  • BBar chart with bar colour driven by a rule or gradient measure. Correct
  • CButton slicer with the background colour driven by a measure. Correct
  • DSmart narrative visual with title colour driven by a measure.
  • ESlicer with vertical-list values coloured by a measure gradient.
Conditional formatting extends to column charts, bar charts, button slicers, and cards; smart narrative does not support it. The conditional formatting tip notes that besides tables and matrices, conditional formatting is also available for column charts, bar charts, button slicers, cards, and more. Smart narrative explicitly excludes dynamic-value formatting.

Why A is correct: Correct. Column chart with bar colour driven by a measure value is one of the keyed answers. The conditional formatting tip notes that besides tables and matrices, conditional formatting is also available for column charts, bar charts, button slicers, cards, and more.

Why B is correct: Correct. Bar chart with bar colour driven by a rule or gradient measure is one of the keyed answers. The conditional formatting tip notes that besides tables and matrices, conditional formatting is also available for column charts, bar charts, button slicers, cards, and more.

Why C is correct: Correct. Button slicer with the background colour driven by a measure is one of the keyed answers. The conditional formatting tip notes that besides tables and matrices, conditional formatting is also available for column charts, bar charts, button slicers, cards, and more.

Why D is wrong: The smart narrative considerations explicitly list 'using dynamic values and conditional formatting (for example, data bound title)' as unsupported.

Why E is wrong: Visual calculations and conditional gradient colouring are not surfaced on the original vertical-list slicer; the documented list calls out button slicers and cards instead.

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Exam traps in Visualize and Analyze the Data

Answers that look right on this material and are not. Each one is a distractor from a different question in the PL-300 bank for this domain.

  • Yes

    Why it is wrong: Report Builder shares the same foundation as the tooling used for SQL Server Reporting Services, so .rdl files from SSRS 2016+ or Power BI Report Server on-premises are compatible with the Power BI service.

  • On a scatter chart using the bubble-size measure as the bar driver.

    Why it is wrong: Scatter charts do not expose a Data bars conditional formatting option; bar length only makes sense inside table or matrix cells.

  • Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) for cardholder data handling.

    Why it is wrong: PCI DSS governs payment-card data security and is unrelated to accessibility commitments in the Power BI documentation.

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