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Phil on 15 Jan 2018 12:05:48

Export to PowerPoint reveals "hidden" Pages, and the "hidden" pages contribute to the maximum of export limit of 15 pages. It would be great if:
a) the hidden pages did not contribute to the maximum 15 pages
b) the hidden pages were not revealed when exported to PowerPoint

Administrator on 26 Jan 2019 23:33:19

Hi everyone, This is coming soon when we also release filtered export capabilities in the service. We’ll have an update on this status shortly! Thanks, Chris

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7dd2dba4 3448-4813-a52c-106b65e97bc5 on 06 Jul 2020 00:03:13

RE: Export to Powerpoint - Hide "Hidden" Pages

Still an issue almost 2 years later. When you have 50 tabs in a file, of which 25 are under development, you don't want end users nosing through everything asking a ton of questions on a not-ready-for-primetime view. Please fix!

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 06 Jul 2020 00:02:18

RE: Export to Powerpoint - Hide "Hidden" Pages

This should definitely be fixed. You should have possibility to have "completely hidden" pages which end user is not able to extract. For example, I've used hidden pages for tooltips, administrative purposes, pages which are currently under development etc.

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fa610562 3d01-4ee5-91cd-4c03526105e0 on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:56

RE: Export to Powerpoint - Hide "Hidden" Pages

The highly undesirable option to export hidden reports to powerpoint (among others) also gives end users the option to display the hidden report IN powerbi.com since it exploids the otherwise fairly unknown reportID. Very very strange. This should be fixed in my opinion

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62ab4311 5619-4fbc-8c84-e8672e058565 on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:11

RE: Export to Powerpoint - Hide "Hidden" Pages

There is a Exclude Hidden Pages Check box now (at least on the PDF export) , but it is not set to On as Default, The Default should be to exclude the Hidden Pages. If the Author Intended Folks to see this as default why did Would you Hide the Sheet?
I also Agree that it would be nice to be able to Set a Page as "Totally Hidden"

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3ac58537 1331-4639-a9e4-699595597c81 on 05 Jul 2020 23:57:59

RE: Export to Powerpoint - Hide "Hidden" Pages

Highly relevant, please fix it ASAP

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1cf619a4 7dd9-4d34-88b5-e69208aa5ea2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:57:47

RE: Export to Powerpoint - Hide "Hidden" Pages

Reported at beginning of 2018, started more then half a year passed since this coming soon...

Shouldn't be that hard don't export hidden pages (PDF and Powerpoint)...

Don't get me wrong the new features coming out are awesome but this simple stuff are super frustrating...


Had to rollback a beautiful tool tip implementation because the export looks sloppy and we can't send that to our clients...

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fa49a797 7bf6-44f0-bcef-0e27cbc8ef3c on 05 Jul 2020 23:55:44

RE: Export to Powerpoint - Hide "Hidden" Pages

The fact this security flaw hasn't been fixed baffles me. This feature is disabled in our tenancy and its never going to be turned back on until this get fixed.

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ba0f408f 7208-41c7-a0db-c68ce91f9566 on 05 Jul 2020 23:49:34

RE: Export to Powerpoint - Hide "Hidden" Pages

Export to PDF includes the hidden pages as well. Please include this fix.

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6685ef0d ba6c-42ac-802b-026165e53cf5 on 05 Jul 2020 23:48:56

RE: Export to Powerpoint - Hide "Hidden" Pages

Come on, why would an admin hide a tab? Exactly: because he does not want anyone to see them? The "solution" that you have right now (letting the end user chose if he wants to export the hidden tabs) clearly isn't one.

You must give the admin the ability to totally hide the tabs from the end user.

Please.

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76799816 f8a0-4e56-9862-a93645e75121 on 05 Jul 2020 23:46:02

RE: Export to Powerpoint - Hide "Hidden" Pages

Can we please have the ability to REMOVE the option for the user to export hidden tabs. Maybe within a Report's Settings (or even tennant Admin Portal) have a setting for "Allow/disable users to export hidden tabs"

The issue i'm facing is that a number of my reports have hidden tabs that contain either tooltips, drill-through pages or WIP pages and I hate the thought that users of my reports can see those pages if they choose to include 'hidden pages' in an export to PDF or PowerPoint.

Idea: https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/37314028-ability-to-disable-option-for-user-to-export-hidde)