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scheduled export of a report to pdf

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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Sander shared this idea  ·   ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
started  ·  AdminChris Finlan (Program Manager, Microsoft Power BI) responded  · 

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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  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is much need feature. After analysis of my data- I need to automatically transfer to excel for use / other calculations.

  • NTK commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Good news!
    Chris you had said, "we'll be announcing shortly the ability to publish paginated reports using Power BI datasets". Could you please clarify HOW SHORT this is going to be as we need to do a lot of planning going forward based on this feature.
    Thanks.

  • Fabian commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hi, it would be great if not only user's within the same organization could be added.

  • Nagasatya Devarakonda commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Does this mean paginated reports will be available for pro license users?
    Currently paginated reports are only available for premium capacity right..!!

  • Kiran Hosakote commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We have solved the problem of automated report generation and distribution. BI Helper https://bihelper.tech, our cloud-based solution, uses Power BI Service (or other browser-based reporting) to generate multi-page PDF or PPTX reports with user-defined slicers applied to all pages.

    The entire report (PDF / PPTX) is attached to an html email and sent to a defined mailing list, with contact email IDs mapped to slicer values. This ensures that reports are delivered ONLY to the intended recipients.

    Users can define a campaign, configure its parameters and run it themselves. Campaign monitoring and reporting is implemented to ensure a ‘sleep well’ user experience.

    Mail us at contact@bihelper.tech to schedule a demo.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Very needed. I have come across a task where a user needs to see the usage metrics across all of his available workspaces. However he is not a global admin. The scheduled export can then be re-directed to a storage which can be used as a Power BI dataset. For now no workarounds possible.

  • Kiran Hosakote commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We have solved the problem of automated report generation and distribution. BI Helper https://bihelper.tech, our cloud-based solution, uses Power BI Service (or other browser-based reporting) to generate multi-page PDF or PPTX reports with user-defined slicers applied to all pages.

    The entire report (PDF / PPTX) is attached to an html email and sent to a defined mailing list, with contact email IDs mapped to slicer values. This ensures that reports are delivered ONLY to the intended recipients.

    Users can define a campaign, configure its parameters and run it themselves. Campaign monitoring and reporting is implemented to ensure a ‘sleep well’ user experience.

    Mail us at contact@bihelper.tech to schedule a demo.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    There's still no way to export or print large matrix tables. I know you don't want users exporting and sharing data with other users without having them pay for more licenses, sure... But it's the number one inconvenience every single time a users needs to share data with an outside party (eg. a customer or supplier). It makes Power BI a chore to use, for every one of my 20 users. If you need to adjust the payment model before you do this then, by all means, go for it... Just give us some serious data export options instead of screenshots already, it's embarrassing having to explain why this is the way it is.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yeah, but matrices with scroll bars still don't full print. Only the first entries on the page print. Still need a solution.

  • Kyle Benelli commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It would be nice if we could assign different filters to different email subscribers through bookmarks. Different subscribers might want to see a pdf with different filters. Example: assign Bookmark A to Person A, Bookmark B to Person B.

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