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FABCON Europe Vienna 2025
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User-Centric Report Design: Designing Power BI Reports with the Personas in Mind

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Level 100 Info

SPEAKERS

Zita Pelok


Leon Welicki

VP and Chief Product Officer, Power Apps


Microsoft United States

ABOUT THE SESSION

Creating effective Power BI reports involves more than mastering technical skills and visual design—it requires understanding your audience deeply.

In this advanced-level session, you’ll learn how a persona-based approach can transform generic dashboards into effective tools tailored specifically to your complex entitlement model needs.

We’ll dive into practical steps for identifying and defining sophisticated user personas—from senior executives and departmental leaders to power analysts—focusing on their specific needs, decision-making styles, and data literacy levels. Through detailed examples, we’ll cover advanced techniques in data model optimization, optimal visual selection, complex scenario interactivity, and narrative data storytelling, all guided by persona-driven design principles.

Discover how this targeted approach enhances user adoption and increases report impact by delivering highly customized analytical experiences.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Advanced techniques for defining and segmenting personas for Power BI
  • Best practices for report customization aligned with sophisticated user needs
  • Practical strategies to drive adoption and deliver business value through persona-centric design

Why Attend:

Attend this session if you’re an intermediate or advanced Power BI user seeking to elevate your reporting design skills by applying a structured, persona-driven approach. You’ll gain actionable insights and proven strategies that will empower you to create exceptional reports accommodating diverse personas and their specific entitlements.

The knowledge and insights shared here will help reshape your entire Power BI workflow, from requirements gathering and data modeling to effectively communicating tailored insights to every audience segment.

 

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Zita Pelok

Zita Pelok

Leon Welicki

Leon Welicki

VP and Chief Product Officer, Power Apps

Microsoft United States