Glossary
Design and development use the same words for the same behaviour. 27 terms.
- Visual
- A Power BI object that renders data or provides interaction.
- Component
- A reusable design/implementation element. In this guide, always distinguish a Figma component from its Power BI runtime visual.
- Pattern
- A repeatable solution to a recurring UX/analytical problem.
- Interaction pattern
- A repeatable behavior such as cross-filter, drillthrough, tooltip or reset.
- Page pattern / archetype
- A reusable analytical page type defined by user goal.
- Page template
- A reusable wireframe/composition for an archetype.
- Composition
- Arrangement of sections/components on the report canvas.
- Report
- A collection of Power BI pages connected to data/semantic models.
- Semantic model
- The governed model of tables, relationships, measures and metadata used by reports.
- Measure
- Calculated business metric evaluated in filter context.
- Dimension
- Field used to group, slice, filter or navigate data.
- Filter context
- The active set of filters influencing a calculation or visual.
- Drill-down
- Move deeper within a hierarchy in the same visual.
- Drillthrough
- Navigate to a dedicated page filtered by selected context.
- Cross-filter
- Selection removes nonmatching data from another visual.
- Cross-highlight
- Selection retains the whole while highlighting the matching subset.
- Bookmark
- Saved report/page state used for controlled views/navigation.
- Slicer
- On-canvas user-facing filter control.
- Field parameter
- Native mechanism to let users switch fields/measures in report visuals.
- Design token
- Named, governed design decision such as semantic color or spacing.
- Power BI theme
- JSON/default styling layer for supported report/visual properties.
- PBIP
- Power BI Project format used as a development/project baseline in the recovered workflow.
- Nudge BI
- Power BI-aware Figma UI kit/design accelerator; not runtime functionality.
- Power UI
- Organization-specific standardization/configuration layer in the recovered architecture; exact inventory/mechanism must be verified internally.
- Deneb
- Custom visual using Vega/Vega-Lite; exception path for visualization needs not met natively.
- Paginated report
- Power BI reporting mode optimized for precise, hard-page/print-oriented output.
- Native-first
- Decision rule that prefers built-in Power BI capability before configuration, custom visuals or custom development.