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Adam Kruzel on 01 Apr 2016 19:39:15

This is an extension of https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/6806294-allow-proper-printing due to the fact that if an idea is marked completed, I haven't yet seen Microsoft checking to evaluate any feedback on that release. I went to use the print button and all the visualizations were messed up on the printouts and there's no way to get a print preview to see if visualizations,etc are situated as they need to be. If there is a way to do this, it's not obvious to the user.

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103a2f23 59f0-402b-a4f6-c1a3a9fef8f0 on 05 Jul 2020 23:35:48

RE: Proper dashboard printing

Need to print whole matrix tables. Can we have an option to print just one visual with some print options? I'd be super happy with an export option that gives a pivot table in Excel as an alternative.

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18fe93bf 9efa-4b99-9c9b-296c74a3dcf5 on 05 Jul 2020 23:31:39

RE: Proper dashboard printing

For those of you who use Power BI Embedded, I've also raised an Idea for printing dashboard pages there.

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/35651929-power-bi-embedded-printing

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501e158b 7597-467a-b945-875b044d1b04 on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:20

RE: Proper dashboard printing

The need to print all rows in a matrix is critical. At the moment, the print functionality is only a print screen function.

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cac395f8 f5f9-4f4c-8d2a-4c49a1ac541a on 05 Jul 2020 23:09:46

RE: Proper dashboard printing

Printing all rows of a Gantt chart visualisation is key for me. In IE 11 the 'Print AS Picture' option is the closest thing I can muster to something that prints all rows... but its not great. The background is black in the resulting image (even though it is white in the report) and the font changes also.

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8d845ea0 7394-4234-b597-63da87ff7afe on 05 Jul 2020 23:02:32

RE: Proper dashboard printing

For proper business use we need a working and customizeable print-function. Without that it's useless for meetings. Please take care of this asap.

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616f2ea8 5321-4184-92f4-86c73eeb11b7 on 05 Jul 2020 22:54:40

RE: Proper dashboard printing

We really do need the functionality where it allows us to print the entire contents of the matrix table.

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469125f7 ff22-43d0-83c1-593b3db64790 on 05 Jul 2020 22:53:04

RE: Proper dashboard printing

I abandoned power bi and am using excel with powerquery now because printing is not available .

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dc2d29c7 6e5e-44fc-a4e6-a8afea5d1767 on 05 Jul 2020 22:44:44

RE: Proper dashboard printing

A year ago someone said they were looking into why this idea was marked completed... lol no update since then. This is crazy. If we can't print accurately, we're going to be stuck with Tableau.

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599f3069 fdd1-4f8a-b2bb-beb7d0d1be00 on 05 Jul 2020 22:44:05

RE: Proper dashboard printing

Having a printing option with preview and formatting support is needed for a table Can you please improvise the current print option in PowerBI????

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 22:44:05

RE: Proper dashboard printing

As mentioned on previous comments, it's also a crucial requirement for us the option to print all rows/cols for a Matrix or Table visualisation (i.e. including "unscrolled" rows/cols)