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brendaivett
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10 years ago
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Print as PDF?

Hi,   Is there a way to print a Power BI Desktop report as a PDF? I know could get a print screen, but I wonder if I can print it directly as a PDF.   Thanks!   Brenda
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    brendaivett The out of box functionality doesn't support that from the Desktop. The print option is only available from the Power BI Service.

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ianbarker
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10 years ago

brendaivett there is the ability to do a standard print. 

If you have a PDF print driver installed such as CutePDF, you can simply print to you PDF printer which will generate a PDF for you.

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brendaivett
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10 years ago

Thanks ianbarker, and sorry if this is not too obvious to me, as I'm really new with Power BI, but from the Power BI Desktop, where I create the report, I don't see anywhere the printing option, I see import, export, save, etc. but not printing, am I missing something?

 

Brenda

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    ianbarker
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    10 years ago
    brendaivett I'm really sorry, I should have mentioned that the print option is currently only available in Power BI Online. You would need to publish your report there first.
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    10 years ago

    brendaivett The out of box functionality doesn't support that from the Desktop. The print option is only available from the Power BI Service.

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      brendaivett
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      10 years ago

      Thanks a lot Anonymous, ianbarker, I do still appreciate your responses.

       

      Brenda