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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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9b88e49b 3020-47ff-8ec8-b7c05d53f2f8 on 05 Jul 2020 22:44:04

RE: Proper dashboard printing

Having proper printing functionality and the ability to fully print a table or matrix is crucial functionality for us, and is currently poorly supported in Power BI.

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bbd5bfeb 8a8e-463b-a9e6-acac5da9f566 on 05 Jul 2020 22:42:54

RE: Proper dashboard printing

Need to be able to print the entire contents of a Table or Matrix!

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354f814f 018a-47e1-b05f-69561cedd69f on 05 Jul 2020 22:42:52

RE: Proper dashboard printing

Or make the report available in excel

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59cbbe20 b721-481f-aa5b-b1b72897a007 on 05 Jul 2020 22:39:36

RE: Proper dashboard printing

Users at my company would really like a way to be able to have a readable print out of different graphics on the dashboard or in reports. The current options available on the web print the entire page rather than just the visual -- and often the font is not a readable size. Is there something in development for this?

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5e3b2b43 2bea-45d3-ab98-6425a3ec5f2f on 05 Jul 2020 22:35:59

RE: Proper dashboard printing

Printing to PDF needs to be better supported - the current solution is not acceptable.

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d67071e6 5afe-45b2-b878-eae3ac6e4c43 on 05 Jul 2020 22:33:52

RE: Proper dashboard printing

Great application for sure. However, it misses widely because of no printing capability! This really should be a high priority!

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c86e44ea 5ac5-41ab-9a46-d11f9704bde3 on 05 Jul 2020 22:30:04

RE: Proper dashboard printing

I think there are a few bugs that need to be addressed here. The team has blamed printer functionality as the reason this doesn't work properly. So the next best option is to export high resolution PDFs that can be printed on whatever printer. PDFs of a standard dimension would go a long way to solve this problem.

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2f2afde9 4be3-4703-a92d-41710aa68dc9 on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:36

RE: Proper dashboard printing

This needs addressing and I can't understand why the previous posted idea with nearly 2000 votes marked as complete? The ability to print and share 1 or 2 page reports based on dashboards or PBI reports and bring into meetings is key for most users I can think of.

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7640857f 269f-4ae8-95df-aa51dacbbec5 on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:35

RE: Proper dashboard printing

any updates to this? printing out a dashboard using a plotter printer is becoming a joke. can we please can a comment on where this is upto. moving to Power BI for our company has been a great move from excel, but people are starting to question is we should go back to the manual days...

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2b5e638e 01c0-4bd0-9313-fbd46f170c0a on 05 Jul 2020 22:28:01

RE: Proper dashboard printing

The output of printing is ugly. (Print to PDF in Chrome)
I couldn't understand why MSFT have never fixed this problem