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6 years ago

Export current PowerBI screen to pptx

I have a web app that shows embedded PowerBI reports. Recently, with help of this link, I've added export of the PowerBI report to PowerPoint. Everything works fine, except the fact that the export i...
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6 years ago

But then what does bookmark mean in statement from below?

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You can use the exportToFile API to programmatically export a report in a specific state, after applying filters to it. This is done using Bookmarks capabilities. To export a report using bookmarks, use the bookmarks JavaScript API. For example, you can use the bookmark's capturedBookmark.state method to capture the changes a specific user made to a report, and then export it in its current state. Personal bookmarks and persistent filters are not supported.

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Source: https://github.com/Microsoft/PowerBI-JavaScript/wiki/Bookmarks

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lbendlin
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6 years ago

That may be an option for you. However it seems not to cover the scenario you initially described where users make filter changes and then choose the export function.

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    6 years ago

    First thank you for the info, as it was really hard to take a lead on this.

    Second, then the bookmark is something that is created with the report, so by the report creator, not but the report viewer?

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      lbendlin
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      6 years ago

      That is my understanding of the current implementation.  But as I said this has a distinct smell of change attached to it - I am pretty certain the functionality will be extended in the future.  Which is kinda sad - let's at least hope nobody is printing out these PPTX.  I'm kidding, of course they will print them out once they start flying again.