Formatting reference

Every setting in the Calendar's Format pane (the paint-roller icon), card by card, with its range and default. For task-based walkthroughs, follow the links at the end of each section.

License

Setting	Type	Default
License key	Text	(empty)
Status	Read-only text	(hidden until a key is entered)

Only needed for environments AppSource licensing doesn't cover. See Direct license keys.

Calendar

Setting	Options	Default
Default View	Month · Week · Day · List · Year · Quarter	Month
First Day of Week	Monday · Sunday · Saturday	Monday
Enable Month View	On · Off	On
Enable Week View	On · Off	On
Enable Day View	On · Off	On
Enable List View	On · Off	On
Enable Year View	On · Off	On
Enable Quarter View	On · Off	On
End Date Interpretation	Exclusive (iCal) · Inclusive	Exclusive (iCal)

The Default View stays available even if its own Enable toggle is off.
Changing Default View also resets any view a viewer had switched to.
End Date Interpretation applies only to date-only end values; timed events and ends written as 23:59 are always exact.

→ Views & navigation · End Date

Work Hours

Setting	Options	Default
Monday – Friday	On · Off	On
Saturday, Sunday	On · Off	Off
Work Start Hour	0 – 24	9
Work End Hour	0 – 24	18

Presentation only — nothing is hidden or filtered. Non-working days and hours are shaded in Week view, non-working hours in Day view, and both views open scrolled to the middle of the working day. Month, Quarter, Year and List views are unaffected.

→ Working hours

Event Display

Setting	Options	Default
Show Time in List View	On · Off	On
Max Events Per Cell	1 – 5	3

Max Events Per Cell applies to Month and Quarter views; events beyond the cap collapse into a "+N more" button.

→ Event density

Legend

Setting	Options	Default
Show Legend	On · Off	On
Position	Top · Bottom · Left · Right · Top Center · Bottom Center	Bottom
Font Size	8 – 60	11

The legend appears only when a Category field is bound and at least one event has a category. It takes its space from the grid, and its items are clickable filters.

→ The legend · Filtering from the legend

Tooltips

Setting	Options	Default
Show tooltips	On · Off	Off
Show start/end dates	On · Off	On
Show category	On · Off	On

Hover tooltips are off by default. Show tooltips also gates report-page tooltips — with it off, neither kind appears. The details popover shown on click is unaffected.

→ Tooltips

Holidays

Setting	Options	Default
Show holidays	On · Off	Off
Country or region	United States · United Kingdom · France · Germany · Canada · Australia · Spain · Italy · Netherlands · Belgium	United States
Holiday color	Any colour	`#7B68A6`

National/federal holidays only — no regional holidays and no weekend-to-Monday shifting. Holidays are inert: they can't be selected, cross-filtered, or shown in the legend.

→ Public holidays

Data Colors

One colour picker per distinct value in the Category field, labelled with the value.

Defaults come from the report theme palette.
Categories take their slot alphabetically, so a category keeps its colour across refreshes.
Up to 20 categories get a picker; beyond that they're still coloured from the theme palette, without a swatch.
The card only appears when the Category field is bound.

→ Categories & colours

Settings that aren't in the pane

Some state belongs to the viewer's session rather than to the report:

State	Set by	Saved?
Current view	The view selector	No — resets to Default View on reload
Current period	The ‹ › arrows, Today, clicking a day or month	No — reopens on today
Selected events	Clicking events or legend items	Captured by bookmarks

→ What is and isn't saved

Settings the host overrides

Mode	What changes
High contrast	Event chips become outlined, and every colour — including Data Colors and the holiday colour — is taken from the Windows system palette. Your settings are kept and return when high contrast is switched off.
Dashboard tiles / read-only hosts	Selection and cross-filtering are disabled by Power BI. Tooltips and rendering are unaffected.

Setting the Calendar from a report theme

All of these settings can be set in a report theme JSON file, which is the practical way to standardize many reports — or to deploy a direct license key across a tenant. Use the visual's GUID as the key:

{
  "name": "Calendar defaults",
  "visualStyles": {
    "CalendarVisualb7f3c2a1d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5": {
      "*": {
        "calendarSettings": [
          {
            "defaultView": "month",
            "firstDayOfWeek": "1",
            "endDateInterpretation": "inclusive",
            "enableYearView": false
          }
        ],
        "workSettings": [{ "workStartHour": 8, "workEndHour": 17 }],
        "eventDisplay": [{ "maxEventsPerCell": 4 }],
        "legend": [{ "show": true, "position": "Top", "fontSize": 12 }],
        "tooltipSettings": [{ "show": true }],
        "holidaySettings": [
          { "show": true, "region": "GB", "holidayColor": { "solid": { "color": "#7B68A6" } } }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Values match the pane options exactly: views are month, week, day, list, year, quarter; firstDayOfWeek is "1" (Monday), "0" (Sunday) or "6" (Saturday); regions are the two-letter codes US, GB, FR, DE, CA, AU, ES, IT, NL, BE.

note

Report themes set defaults. Anything an editor changes in the Format pane wins over the theme for that visual.

License​

Calendar​

Work Hours​

Event Display​

Legend​

Tooltips​

Holidays​

Data Colors​

Settings that aren't in the pane​

Settings the host overrides​

Setting the Calendar from a report theme​

See also​