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Export to PowerPoint with individual image elements

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Sirui Sun on 09 Dec 2017 03:43:26

Currently, the Export to PowerPoint feature exports one image file per report. Update the Export to PowerPoint feature to support exporting an image per report visual instead.

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4c27a18f cc32-4988-8817-ccebbc4e494f on 05 Jul 2020 23:23:52

RE: Export to PowerPoint with individual image elements

I see that no one has brought this up in a while. I know at one point in time this functionality existed. It seems to have been removed when an update was made months ago. Did something happen that has made this functionality impossible to restore, because if not this seems like low hanging fruit?

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ff826dce 7eae-4661-abb8-5da54e396949 on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:46

RE: Export to PowerPoint with individual image elements

Or at least have the function to export visuals to Excel or PowerPoint so you can select what you want only ?

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315980b4 0b43-4415-94c9-54f136eef83c on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:38

RE: Export to PowerPoint with individual image elements

One of the key arguments to sell PBI instead of competitors is integration with the Office environment. The intercation with the Office tools must be flexible and out of the box!

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4686c9e1 13d8-4b15-b9e1-0206474d3028 on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:15

RE: Export to PowerPoint with individual image elements

I would also like this to be included in a future release

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43975681 5796-49f0-9e00-f2ff76c3555d on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:10

RE: Export to PowerPoint with individual image elements

Any official word back on if this function is just dead to us? Should we abandon hope?

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e40cd97e 0bbc-43d8-8acb-72ace47b3079 on 05 Jul 2020 23:14:57

RE: Export to PowerPoint with individual image elements

My company began using PowerBI recently and I was not able to experience this capability. But as per previous comments, it seems like this was an export with objects/tiles as individual images when exported to PowerPoint. Extremely disappointing that this functionality has been removed. There isn't much reason to export to PowerPoint if the user can't control which images they present, or separate to provide focus. Desperately need this functionality incorporated.

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64a9910b ffd8-4352-bfbe-be9c15bccee3 on 05 Jul 2020 23:14:27

RE: Export to PowerPoint with individual image elements

Also it should not have a limitation to 15 pages only.

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bbc5a239 4d08-4805-8f4b-0dcced87d27c on 05 Jul 2020 23:14:15

RE: Export to PowerPoint with individual image elements

I'm really struggling to understand why it was decided to scrap this feature, in the first place.
Exporting to PowerPoint (as individual elements) was one of the USP's for us to use Power BI over any other BI solution.

Unfortunately, this is not the case any more and we will have to look into other solutions.
If existing features like this get scrapped without any good reason, who knows what's next?

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ca2e7de2 3c3c-4ad9-b446-b61c1ef74071 on 05 Jul 2020 23:12:43

RE: Export to PowerPoint with individual image elements

I like that it comes as a whole image. I just beef up my page size in BI and I get really sharp image exported that looks good on ultra hd screens. However, I would prefer the export functionality to actually export everything as vectors and charts to PPT so I could post edit graphs, text etc. and even data in PPT!

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:12:31

RE: Export to PowerPoint with individual image elements

Since this feature was removed, the quality of the exported file dropped significantly. There is also an issue with the maps which do not expand to the level as they do in the browser. Furthermore, the file size is twice as large compared to the individual image output.