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Sander 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.

Chris Finlan (administrator) on 18 Dec 2020 23:56:52

In addition to the support we have for paginated reports already, we have started the work to support this for Power BI reports and expect it to land by the end of the calendar year in the Power BI service.  Like for paginated reports, it will be a Premium feature and will be available to customers with either Premium capacity or if you have the new Premium per user license, which will be available at no cost to all users during the public preview period.  You can read more about getting priority access to the public preview for your tenant at this link - https://powerbi.microsoft.com/blog/priority-access-sign-up-for-power-bi-premium-per-user-public-preview-now-available/

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Stephanie on 16 Aug 2020 04:08:43

RE: scheduled export of a report to pdf

Is there any functionality you could build in that would allow you to select the "slicer(s)" that will drive your printed pdf export. For example, I want to see a series of reports printed with each individual slicer selected.... crazy talk??? Also, is there a possibility to generate a powerpoint export as many visulizations end up as slide in presentation?

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Teresa Fitzpatrick on 16 Aug 2020 04:08:40

RE: scheduled export of a report to pdf

PLEASE provide an update. You started working on this in March 2018? It's now 7 months later with no update. REALLY need this.

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Zafar Hakeem on 16 Aug 2020 04:08:38

RE: scheduled export of a report to pdf

Any Update On this Please tell

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Power BI User on 16 Aug 2020 04:08:36

RE: scheduled export of a report to pdf

Please provide feedback so that everyone knows the actual state of this feature.
Kind regards.

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Moose M. on 16 Aug 2020 04:08:35

RE: scheduled export of a report to pdf

Please give the option for CSV or Excel. When exporting data from a report in Power BI Service the .xlsx (Excel) file format contains 2 extra rows: one showing applied filters and also a blank row. In my case the .csv option is what I need for exporting to a file that can be used as input to another system.

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Arttu Herva on 16 Aug 2020 04:08:35

RE: scheduled export of a report to pdf

I think it would be a great idea to have a template for similar purposes in MS Flow... If there are people who agree with me please check out the following idea for MS Flow and submit a vote in case you like it! https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Flow-Ideas/PowerBI-template-for-automated-report-snapshots-and-pdf-exports/idi-p/172538#M10199

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Gaurav on 16 Aug 2020 04:08:32

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Auto export in excel is good feature to have .... hope this is added soon.

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Power BI User on 16 Aug 2020 04:08:30

RE: scheduled export of a report to pdf

Auto export to any destination (Database or Excel etc..) is very useful. This is really a great value addition to the product. Please consider this request.

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Teresa on 16 Aug 2020 04:08:28

RE: scheduled export of a report to pdf

Please provide an update! Need this desperately or will need to move on to another reporting tool.

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Soumen Datta on 16 Aug 2020 04:08:28

RE: scheduled export of a report to pdf

Can anyone from Microsoft light up on this matter pls. It's a critical part, need a response at earliest. Thanks!