Question 1

What do I actually receive after purchasing?

Accepted Answer

You get access to copy the Vega JSON spec directly from this page. Add your pictures, choose the arrangement, then paste the spec into Ataytis Vega Studio inside Power BI Desktop. The images travel inside the spec, so there is nothing else to set up.

Question 2

What is Ataytis Vega Studio?

Accepted Answer

Ataytis Vega Studio is our free, Microsoft-certified Power BI visual for rendering Vega specifications inside your reports. Install it once from Microsoft Marketplace in Power BI Desktop, then paste in any spec.

Question 3

Can it read image URLs from my data model?

Accepted Answer

No, and this is worth understanding before you buy. Ataytis Vega Studio is Microsoft-certified, and a certified Power BI visual is not permitted to make any external network call — that restriction is what certification means. So the pictures cannot be links; they have to travel inside the spec. In exchange, your report renders identically offline, in Power BI Service and in an exported PDF, with no broken images and nothing leaving your tenant.

Question 4

How many images can I use?

Accepted Answer

Up to twelve, but the real limit is size rather than count. Because each picture is embedded, the spec grows with every one you add. The page keeps a running total in front of you and warns before it becomes awkward to paste. Every image is automatically re-encoded down to a sensible size first, and the Compact setting is usually the right one for a set of this kind.

Question 5

My images are all different shapes. Will they look distorted?

Accepted Answer

Not unless you ask for it. The default is Fit, which shows each picture whole inside its frame and leaves the spare space empty, so nothing is squashed. Fill crops to the frame instead when you want an even edge-to-edge look, and Stretch — the one that distorts — is only worth choosing when every picture really is the same shape.

Question 6

Can people zoom in on a picture once the report is published?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Set the zoom to be reader-controlled and the published visual gains plus, minus and reset buttons, responds to the scroll wheel, and lets somebody drag the picture around once they have zoomed past its frame. Nothing about the report changes; it is theirs for as long as they are looking.

Question 7

Can it run as a slideshow, advancing on its own?

Accepted Answer

Yes — a carousel with Advance automatically turned on is a slideshow, and you choose how long each picture is held. It pauses whenever the pointer is over the visual and picks up again when it leaves, because being carried off a picture mid-read is the single most irritating thing an automatic carousel can do.

Question 8

Can I use this with a Power BI theme or a dark report?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The background colour, padding and corner radius are all yours to set, so the visual can be made to sit on a dark page or a light one without a mismatched panel around your pictures.

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