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Allow proper printing of Dashboards

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Tony Gaul on 05 Dec 2014 21:05:55

Ctrl P does not do a good job of printing the dashboard. Provide a Print button which optimises printing perhaps defaulting to the filters & title on page 1 and the dashboard sheets in landscape on pages 2 to n+1

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47e58b8f 7379-4beb-94b7-703dc697e5bf on 05 Jul 2020 22:30:04

RE: Allow proper printing of Dashboards

Yes, we need to print to PDF or Word to create useful reports for our funder. Currently the visuals and text box come out too small.

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9f13426e aa8b-4a70-9b77-ad5c429ce2e6 on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:58

RE: Allow proper printing of Dashboards

I'd love to vote for his mandatory feature but it's closed. This also needs to be available in PowerBI Embedded

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9c35a864 1936-48e9-b05b-7812c1a852d2 on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:40

RE: Allow proper printing of Dashboards

Ditto!!! Why is this labeled as completed? Also, similar to printing, we need "save as PDF" and ability to send as email (scheduled). I can't recommend Power BI to my clients without proper printing solution.

(C'mon Power BI team... There's so much potential in the product and you keep putting out monthly updates with features no one is asking for, and yet this one is almost 2 years old.)

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a42ad862 7202-4ce2-ac69-7eb14a123184 on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:34

RE: Allow proper printing of Dashboards

Why is this labeled as completed? Desperately need proper printing of both reports and dashboards. Right now printing is non-existent since the results of the print jobs are misaligned, missing images and inconsistent.

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bab3f09c 008e-49b8-97e7-6456c389c2ac on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:20

RE: Allow proper printing of Dashboards

Has anyone had a response to this? Seems like obvious functionality

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172894b9 81c9-41de-9e4b-25402e382b6f on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:18

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why why why can we not print to PDF to make a nice presentable document? this is so basic and really important!

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7a508c3f 068e-4cb1-8be4-bd89cda47363 on 05 Jul 2020 22:27:42

RE: Allow proper printing of Dashboards

Please add a printing option that allows to print all the tabs in the report in one pdf document. printing one tab at a time is clumsy and doesn't help the users at all.

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08bf0031 bc0a-4313-a227-05589726a841 on 05 Jul 2020 22:27:40

RE: Allow proper printing of Dashboards

I cannot believe there is no printing option. Just invested 2 days in learning Power BI, now it is useless because I cannot print.

What is the idea behind this? I cannot image MSFT didn't thought about printing. So there must be a mysterious way that leaving out a print option, generates more money for MSFT.

Please add a printing option and don't set this idea to COMPLETED, because it simply is not completed yet.

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dcf7aba7 9a85-4345-af9f-ab875916c9cc on 05 Jul 2020 22:27:11

RE: Allow proper printing of Dashboards

Sometimes we need to print pieces of a report or dashboard to send to a supplier or customer. Very poor printing / export functionality in PowerBi at the moment.

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b6a4a9f6 9442-40b1-87a8-48864b8f5109 on 05 Jul 2020 22:26:25

RE: Allow proper printing of Dashboards

With no print option we will have to move clients from Power BI to other tools.