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D3 vs Power BI Visuals

Power BI visuals are great for standard reporting. But when you need full control over layout, interactivity and design, D3.js opens up a completely different level of flexibility. This app shows the same data rendered side by side — once with a standard Power BI visual, once with a custom D3 visual — so you can see the difference directly.

Built using Embedsy Studio, both visuals query the same Power BI semantic model. No separate data pipeline, no data duplication.

How it was built

The result

What this example demonstrates

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Side-by-side comparison

The same data rendered with a standard Power BI visual and a custom D3 visual — same semantic model, different visualization layer.

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Full design control with D3

Custom axes, layouts, interactivity and animations that go beyond what Power BI visuals natively support.

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One semantic model, two renderers

Both visuals query the same Power BI semantic model. No data duplication, no separate pipeline — just a different rendering approach.

Interested in Embedsy Studio?

Embedsy Studio is in preview and activated on request. Book a demo and we will show you what it can do and enable it for your portal.