IBCS - International Business Communication Standards

Make your reports and dashboards easier to understand

Apply the consistent design of the IBCS guidelines

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IBCS Annual Conference 2025

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IBCS Version 1.2

98 rules for comprehensible reports and dashboards illustrated with 180 instructive figures. For the first time also in Spanish.

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The book is out: A practical guide for those who want to know how visual consistency helps better understand reports, presentations and dashboards. From the need for a common visual language to concepts, templates and notation manuals to practical examples from Coca-Cola, Daimler, Philips, SAP and many more.

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IBCS goes ISO

Watch the recording of live-talk about the registration of a project leading to a new ISO standard for the notation of business reports.

Solid, outlined, hatched (online with exercises)

Learn how a consistent notation ensures that your reports and dashboards are read and understood. About 30 short lessons with interactive videos, questions, tests and a workbook with practical exercises.

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Upcoming online course for IBCS Certfified Analyst

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IBCS&ACCA

ACCA’s 120th anniversary

ACCA has partnered with IBCS to celebrate their 120th anniversary.

The IBCS Institute is proud to join this incredible milestone: "Think Ahead – ACCA Celebrates 120th Anniversary" partnering the gala happening this Thursday in Warsaw.

As part of the celebration, we invite you to watch last year's webinar in partnership with ACCA Europe for business report writers and readers: “Report it with charts – understanding business visually”.

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Esin Özkan

Optional: Analyst certification course with exercises using SAP Analytics Cloud

Watch this video to see how our IBCS Certified Analyst training using SAC can transform your organization.

Meeting of the IBCS community

IBCS Annual Conference 2025

IBCS Annual Conference is a meeting where Certified Consultants, Analysts, and Software vendors exchange experience. Thank you to all who attended and participated in making this year's edition a remarkable event.

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Recertification TRUECHART

Enterprise-class IBCS visualization and collaboration for Qlik and Power BI.

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Recertification Zebra BI for Office

Zebra BI for Office is the #1 data visualization tool for Excel and PowerPoint, empowering business professionals to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. Create stunning reports that meet IBCS® standards out-of-the-box and drive better decision-making.

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Recertification Zebra BI for Power BI

Zebra BI for Power BI is the first officially certified IBCS tool for Power BI. With fully responsive, out-of-the-box, and interactive technology, you can build spectacular Power BI reports and dashboards in just a few clicks. No training, no programming, no formulas.

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Certification Anaplan XL

Anaplan XL Reporting helps business users build and distribute insightful, interactive IBCS reports for any audience, on any device, using data-connected Excel.

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IBCS® Standards (PDF)

PDF transcript of the IBCS® Standards, 150 pages illustrated with more than 180 instructive figures, covering all conceptual, perceptual, and semantic rules for the design of comprehensible reports, presentations, and dashboards.

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Editable template

Notation manual (PPT)

Editable PPT template for the creation of a company specific notation manual covering the major design principles for IBCS compliant charts and tables.

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Selected resources

IBCS goes ISO

IBCS notation becomes ISO standard | What it means for business leaders and CFOs

An article on why IBCS notation is shaping ISO 24896 covers its impact on business reporting and traces its journey from ISO approval to global development.

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IBCS article

A guide to IBCS certifications | Professional skills & software compliance

An article on the certifications provided by the IBCS Institute to ensure clear and effective business communication.

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IBCS video

IBCS - Fostering comprehension

A video showing how, by applying the International Business Communication Standards (IBCS), we can understand our reports, presentations and dashboards faster and better.

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