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Allow proper printing of Dashboards and report pages

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on 03 May 2018 19:09:05

The lay-out of printed dashboards and report pages is lost when you print the page. Proper printing functionality is still missing (may 2018). In my humble opinion this should be a priority.

Administrator on 03 Aug 2023 16:24:02

Paginated reports are designed for use cases intended for print. Consider using a paginated report when you need to print.

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Richard-D on 05 Jul 2020 22:27:40

RE: Allow proper printing of Dashboards and report pages

I cannot believe there is no printing option. Just invested 2 days in learning Power BI, now it is useless because I cannot print my report.

What is the idea behind this? I cannot image MSFT didn't thought about printing. So there must be a mysterious way that leaving out a print option, generates more money for MSFT.

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rlansing on 05 Jul 2020 22:26:31

RE: Allow proper printing of Dashboards and report pages

The printing function on the site is very buggy, especially if in focus mode, but more importantly, we need to get data out in a clean easy way. Desired functionality would allow us to print multiple pages of data from a single visual (table/matrix). I would like to avoid sending users to the export data button to have them re-format in excel. As well, sending them to the analyze in excel function turns power bi into just a database, which I am trying to avoid. Any updates on work in progress? Is this at least on the team's radar?

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Stacy on 05 Jul 2020 22:25:43

RE: Allow proper printing of Dashboards and report pages

Any updates to this? I am new to PBI and have the same issue as Adam. All my visuals are jumbled up and even repeated on the next page (although they are much smaller). The interactive dashboard is AWESOME but my PM's need to be able to print a useful report (shot of the dashboard).

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Daniel (Australia) on 05 Jul 2020 22:24:03

RE: Allow proper printing of Dashboards and report pages

Can Power BI please respond to this ? The last feedback was almost 3 months ago. This has to be one of the most requested fixes in in recent months. Please read the forums. A lot of disgruntled users.

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Jay Barker on 05 Jul 2020 22:23:41

RE: Allow proper printing of Dashboards and report pages

This would be a huge feature for us, If there is a reason why Microsoft don't want this could they at least explain the reason behind it?

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Jake on 05 Jul 2020 22:22:33

RE: Allow proper printing of Dashboards and report pages

This seems like a basic feature that is missing.
It would be an excellent addition if included.

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Tod on 05 Jul 2020 22:22:28

RE: Allow proper printing of Dashboards and report pages

Without this feature, PowerBI is basically useless for me. This should be a top priority in my opinion. Add Print to PDF or Multiple Page Printing!

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:20:56

RE: Allow proper printing of Dashboards and report pages

Yes, please! (At minimum let us export to PDF.)

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RoseCtln on 05 Jul 2020 22:20:35

RE: Allow proper printing of Dashboards and report pages

Hi,

I strongly agree with Adam's idea.

Printing option is not that helpful for now. Can we get an update for this please? Like adding print preview and printing button in the power BI offline. It would really be helpful and relevant improvement for this tool.

Thanks.

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Nick Caldwell on 05 Jul 2020 22:18:35

RE: Allow proper printing of Dashboards and report pages

Thanks for the feedback. I'm following up on why this idea was marked as completed.

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