Most Power BI reports get used in the first week and quietly ignored after that. The reasons are almost always the same: too many visuals competing for attention, no clear signal of what is good or bad, and a design that made sense to the builder but not to the audience.
This checklist is the standard Hopton applies before any Power BI report goes live. Sixteen categories, over a hundred individual checks, covering everything that determines whether a report earns regular use - written in plain English, without a scoring matrix.
A report that does not get used is not a report.
What most Power BI reviews miss
Technical reviews catch broken measures and slow queries. What they rarely catch are the design decisions that make a report technically correct but practically useless - visual clutter, missing context, defaults that mislead, and empty states that confuse rather than explain.
Sixteen categories across every dimension of report quality
The checklist covers data accuracy, narrative clarity, visual design, accessibility, mobile behaviour, filter logic, and the further dimensions that determine whether the recipient acts on what they see.
What the checklist covers
- Sixteen review categories covering every dimension of Power BI report quality
- Over a hundred individual checks written in plain English
- The specific design decisions that cause reports to be ignored after week one
- Accessibility and mobile considerations that most reviews skip entirely
- A standard you can apply at design, build, and sign-off stages
Who this is for
Power BI developers, BI leads, and anyone responsible for signing off reports before they go to a business audience.