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Proper Printing of Tables

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Jordan on 25 Feb 2016 06:58:46

There needs to be a way to print tables which have too many rows as to fit on one page. Additionally, the inclusion of filters and data slicers should be at the top of each printed table/matrix so the user knows what he is looking at.

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ab8b21bd 9ecf-4f16-9c01-0581afc2aafa on 05 Jul 2020 22:58:38

RE: Proper Printing of Tables

Also when you have filters on the page itself for users to manipulate data easily and you are sorting your tables by value, when the user filters something then removes it, on tables it doesn't default back to the top of the table.

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caeae2e4 12a0-4b3e-bcd5-bface9022e79 on 05 Jul 2020 22:57:09

RE: Proper Printing of Tables

In my case, this feature is a must simply because when you want to share data/report to someone who has no access to PowerBI or 0365 - you could via PDF or PowerPoint!

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78b2dec3 3fd0-472b-b61d-9d946e2008a3 on 05 Jul 2020 22:53:31

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Unfortunate that the printing options are so simplistic. Seems pretty backward to have to export the data into Excel and have to re-format everything again to be able to print more than one page worth of table.

An ability to include table filters would also be a great addition.

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17437415 a24f-4ee3-8d1a-350d89501df4 on 05 Jul 2020 22:49:36

RE: Proper Printing of Tables

This is definitely a needed feature. Many users may want to view tabular data that goes past what is simply displayed on the screen and would otherwise require scrolling to view. Microsoft needs to find an ability to have users print only the "top" certain number of pages since some tables may contain hundreds of thousands (or more) rows. I think this would be a good solution to the problem by allowing users to print "X" number of pages of a table.

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66ebdc62 4996-48a9-8373-3ea827ad226d on 05 Jul 2020 22:42:49

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Please fix printing for tables! They currently print with weird formatting (not what it looks like on the dashboard) and you can't see all the data.

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be68272f 4255-4f4b-b087-4d9e363d535e on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:23

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Indeed. I just spent a lot of time putting together (what should have been) a simple dynamic list of group members intended to be printed, only to find that you can't really print it since if it is a long list, only one page is printed and the list is cut off.

Please guys, stop working on all the fancy bells ans whistles, and fix the very basic things first (e.g. printing, word wrap, etc...).

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8017a3c9 1754-40f7-b4aa-69e612b7c2c4 on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:58

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Also printed tables don't look the same as presented in the report or dashboard - must be fixed as well.

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88b42323 39f5-41d5-9261-c8681107d342 on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:07

RE: Proper Printing of Tables

'This is a must for any BI tool

In my opinion, this can work:
- As pivot table in excel, you cannot place elements in the bottom of the table so it can grow down as needed
- Or defining which elements belong to a "header section" (which must be repeated in all the pages) and which elements belong to a "detail section"

Please let us know if you are going to move forward with this.

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d7940a5e c876-4ddc-b4ea-eadf5cf5728a on 05 Jul 2020 22:18:23

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I think not being able to properly print a table is a big disappointment for potential power bi clients.

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8f56d128 4b12-42d4-a902-fc8f26f7d240 on 05 Jul 2020 22:17:06

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Being able to label any visualization with the slicers/filters selected would be really good -- whether printing or just viewing.