About Draft BI
The design-to-PBIR handoff tool that should have existed the moment PBIR became the Power BI standard.
Why Draft BI exists
Power BI Desktop is a powerful development environment. It is not a design tool.
When PBIR became the standard format for Power BI reports, it opened the door to a new workflow: wireframe the report first, in a purpose-built tool, then hand it off to Desktop as a file that already has every visual container in place. But no tool existed to bridge that gap.
Report design decisions were made in Figma (which does not know what a matrix visual is), PowerPoint (which cannot validate contrast), or described in words over Slack (which produces three different interpretations). Developers spent rounds rebuilding layouts after measures were written. Brand themes got passed around as informal Slack attachments. Design intent was lost at every handoff.
Draft BI is built to close that gap. One tool from wireframe to exportable PBIR file, before touching Desktop.
What we build
Five integrated tools that take a Power BI report from blank canvas to Desktop-ready file.
Theme Studio
Generate WCAG 2.2 AA-compliant Power BI themes from your brand colors. Every contrast pair is verified automatically, and failures are fixable with a single click.
Wireframe Studio
Drag-and-drop report wireframing with 37 Power BI visual types across 11 categories. All standard Desktop canvas sizes available on Pro and Power. Wireframe exactly what you will build. No translation required.
PBIR Export
Export your wireframe as a Power BI Desktop-ready PBIR file. Open it in Desktop and your wireframe is already built, every visual container positioned to the pixel.
AI Wireframing
Upload a TMDL schema or describe your report in plain language and get an AI-generated wireframe. The right visual types for your actual tables and columns, pre-positioned.
Model Studio
Describe what you need in plain English and get production-ready DAX that references your real tables and columns. Refine through conversation and save to a shared measure library.
The company
Draft BI is a product of Anders Forge LLC, an American company. The Service is built for the global Power BI community: the developers, analysts, and BI teams who work with Power BI Desktop every day and need a better way to design before they build.
We are an independent product company, not affiliated with Microsoft or the Power BI team. Draft BI is built on top of the published PBIR format specification and is designed to produce files that are fully compatible with Power BI Desktop.
Questions? Reach us at hello@draftbi.com.
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