PowerBI Slide Template

Included in the CIS Controls Reporting Suite is the PowerBI Slide Template. This template is designed to be used as a presentation slide deck, and not a dashboard or "live" report.

To setup the PowerBI Slide Template, follow the process in the "Getting Started" section.

Editing the slides

The Slide Template comes with 40 pre-made slides for you to use in your presentation.

The slides are fully editable and include space for you to include text such as descriptions, observations or recommendations.

Edit titles and subtitles

Some text on the slides use the "title" and "subtitle" feature in PowerBI. To edit these, click on the text and then navigate to "format shape" > "general" > "title".

Edit body text

Some text on the slides, such as Recommendations, use body text. To edit this text, double click in the text error to bring up the rich text editor.

Edit logo

The slides come with the Securemetrics logo. To add your own, click on "Insert" > "Image". You can position the logo on slide and then copy - paste to avoid repositioning it on every slide.

Edit Charts

All charts on the slides are editable. Simply click on the chart to change properties, chart type, and fields.

Save your slide deck

It's highly recommended to save the slide deck as a .pbix file by going to "File" > "Save". This will allow you to reopen the PowerBI file and will save any changes you make.

Save an edited template

If you make changes to the slides, such as updating the logo, you may want to apply these changes to the template file so they persist across all generated slide decks. To do this, go to "Export" > "PowerBI Template" to save a new template file.

Export to PDF

PowerBI adds white borders to exported PDF files. This behavior cannot be changed.

To export your slides to PDF, go to "Export" > "PDF". PowerBI will take a moment to render each page and then open a PDF file in your default browser. Make sure to download the PDF file from within the Browser.

You can also export to PDF when hosted in the PowerBI SaaS service, known as the "PowerBI Service".

Embed in Microsoft PowerPoint

Alternatively, you can embed a live version of the slides to Microsoft PowerPoint.

This requires the slides be hosted in the PowerBI SaaS service, known as the "PowerBI Service":

1. Click on "Home" > "Publish" and select a workspace.

2. Open the slides in the PowerBI Service

3. Click on "Export" > "PowerPoint"

You can either embed as live data or images. Exporting as live data will only export the current selected slide. Exporting as images gives you the option to export the entire slide deck.

Embed from within PowerPoint

You can also embed a slide from within Microsoft PowerPoint by clicking on "Insert" > "PowerBI".