Calendar
Date-based data, the way people think about time
View records as events on a month, week or day grid. Multi-day events span their cells as one continuous bar, and clicking one cross-filters the rest of the report.
Illustration of the visual's layout.
Some data is only legible on a calendar. A table of bookings with start and end dates tells you very little; the same rows on a month grid immediately show the busy weeks, the clashes and the gaps.
Each row becomes an event placed on the date it belongs to, coloured by category and clickable to cross-filter the report. Multi-day events span their cells as a single bar — the thing a table genuinely cannot show.
The visual is certified by Microsoft, so it exports to PowerPoint and PDF and works in email subscriptions.
Capabilities
Multiple views
Switch between Month, Week, Day and Agenda layouts, plus Year, Quarter and Semester rollups.
Multi-day events
Events spanning several days draw as one continuous bar across the cells, not a repeated chip per day.
Density handling
Busy days collapse to a "+N more" indicator with an expandable popover, so the grid never overflows.
Weekends and non-working days
Shade or hide weekends and mark holidays, with a configurable first day of the week.
Fields you bind
The data roles this visual exposes in the Power BI field well.
- Start Date
- End Date
- Event Title
- Category
- Detail URL
- Tooltip Fields
Where it's used
- Bookings, reservations and room scheduling
- Absence, leave and shift planning
- Campaign and content calendars
- Deadline and milestone tracking
Specifications
What the visual supports, and where.
| Power BI Desktop | Supported |
|---|---|
| Power BI Service | Supported |
| Mobile layout | Responsive layout |
| Export | PowerPoint and PDF, plus email subscriptions |
| Certification | Microsoft-certified |
| Languages | English |
| Current version | 1.1.0.0 |
How licensing worksNothing is locked — a license removes the on-visual notice.
- Free to try, in full
- Build, test and demo everything the visual does. No feature is locked or hidden behind a license.
- A license removes the notice
- Unlicensed visuals show a small notification in published reports, to editors and viewers alike. Licensing removes it.
- Licensed per user
- Everyone who edits or views the report needs their own license — in practice, everyone you share it with. Assigned by an admin in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
- 30-day free trial
- Activating a trial removes the notification for 30 days, so you can pilot the visual in a real, shared report.