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43280e58 7d68-4681-9451-714b4c101a65 on 14 Apr 2016 16:25:02

It would be nice if there is an option to have a scheduled export of a report to PDF. A nice to have feature would be to directly e-mail it to people so they are being notified of the latest report.

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Sonali Gupta (administrator) on 13 Mar 2023 08:32:56

Another update on this item - users now have the ability to set up scheduled subscriptions with paginated reports and 6 different formats, along with parameters per subscription to allow further personalization. There is also now the ability to create paginated reports against any Power BI dataset in the service, and we're planning to add drillthrough from Power BI to Paginated Reports in the short term. We still have plans to support e-mail attachments for Power BI reports as well in the coming months, and we'll share more specifics once we get closer to starting that work.

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72c31d6d 96d0-4038-ab59-2c0d7c68dd20 on 16 Aug 2020 04:16:48

RE: scheduled export of a report to pdf

Hi,
We are thinking of using PBI Embedded for our Customer-facing app, and the only thing currently blocking us from going forward is the inability of the Embedded to export to PDF.
If possible, please add this (as I believe there are many more who'd love this to become a part of the PBI Embedded).

Thanks and kind regards.

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3cdb930b 8ff2-4153-a111-3bfb1ba8f9ca on 16 Aug 2020 04:16:46

RE: scheduled export of a report to pdf

My boss is asking for this so I need this because my job depends on it. Please make it happen this year or I'm gone.

Need csv or/and excel support. Thanks!

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505c8924 aad1-474a-9e5f-173f5dabe7be on 16 Aug 2020 04:16:44

RE: scheduled export of a report to pdf

If your report coming in more than one page then your export to pdf option does not present any other page except the current preview one.

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bdd18c26 0e5a-4651-8100-d46523f60b0c on 16 Aug 2020 04:16:38

RE: scheduled export of a report to pdf

What's the status of this? I have no adoption of reports I have built because I cannot automate their distribution. People still don't want to go to run report themselves. They want it attached and distributed by email.

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4c29d7d6 a866-4619-9acc-62dc9516b2b5 on 16 Aug 2020 04:16:35

RE: scheduled export of a report to pdf

Add the opiton to add chart name, especially when printing report to send the management

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57b6d95c af07-488d-8cf9-5a33f228311b on 16 Aug 2020 04:16:33

RE: scheduled export of a report to pdf

we need excel or csv

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bc2e3fe0 36fb-4b8d-8f6b-1aebbc7f45d8 on 16 Aug 2020 04:16:23

RE: scheduled export of a report to pdf

Now available for Power BI Pro and PBI Report Server users:

Automated generation and emailing of reports in PDF format with user-defined slicers. With enhanced information security and user-configurable API integration for slicer values and contact email IDs.

See BI Helper https://bihelper.tech for details.

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043ee1e6 fdc5-ea11-a812-000d3a563be2 on 16 Aug 2020 04:16:07

RE: scheduled export of a report to pdf

Especially for large datasets used to provide monthly metrics, a lot of manual effort could be eliminated by providing a function to export either tables (append to existing) or export data from visuals (measures, etc.) to SharePoint Online Lists or other database tools (or even within Power BI itself). This would be a static snapshot feature to capture the current state of dynamic data and preserve/archive history of KPIs.

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78975e71 7e1a-4c4e-9266-6878465d4b71 on 16 Aug 2020 04:16:06

RE: scheduled export of a report to pdf

I also agree to put the focus on data export. A PDF is nice, but periodically storing the data adds value.
Whether the export is to Excel, a SharePoint list, an Access database or whatever, I wouldn't care. The main thing is the technical possibility.
An MSFlow connector to the data would also be great. Currently you can query alarms, which is an interesting thing, but I don't know of any application that uses the alarm function seriously.

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70680841 d5e0-43e2-a116-8571a2bd366e on 16 Aug 2020 04:16:02

RE: scheduled export of a report to pdf

It would be nice if we have feature in Power BI reports to schedule the export Table's visual data to One-drive on regular frequency.