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Helper IIIExport Data from Publish to Web Report Help
I have a publish to web report that the end-users need to be able to export data from on a regular basis. I remember reading somewhere that publish to web did not have this functionality enabled a while ago. I'm wondering if that has changed or if someone has found a workaround for this.
Hi Dgreen23
You can export data from visuals like for example Matrix or Table
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/visuals/power-bi-visualization-export-data
Or you can analyze in excel as per below.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/collaborate-share/service-analyze-in-excel
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Mariusz
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LinkedInHi Dgreen23
If you mean Publish to Web which you will create the embed code, as I know, it doesn't have the feature for Export Data.
You could vote this similar idea in Power BI ideas Forum and add your comments there to improve Power BI and make this feature coming sooner.
In addition, Publish to web is not very safe. When you use Publish to web, the report or visual you publish can be viewed by anyone on the Internet. There is no authentication used when viewing these reports.
But it's able to export data via other sharing like Mariusz posted above.
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- Mariusz
Community Champion
Hi Dgreen23
You can export data from visuals like for example Matrix or Table
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/visuals/power-bi-visualization-export-data
Or you can analyze in excel as per below.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/collaborate-share/service-analyze-in-excel
Best Regards,
Mariusz
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Dgreen23The first document seems to be an option for me simply outputting data manually, which is not viable for my end-users needs. The second document seems interesting but redundant. The analysis in excel option is something that I can power with the dataset from the dashboard. If so do I just host the excel sheet with my dashboard and then have the end user download it? It seems a little counterproductive to have the dashboard and then have a separate document to show the data that makes it up. But, if that's the only workaround I'll take it. Have you done this before?
- Mariusz
Hi Dgreen23
When you click Analyze in Excel in the service it will download a connection file to the specified dataset in the service, the user will be able to use pivot tables and save the workbook and later refresh to update the data if there were any dataset changes.
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Mariusz
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- v-diye-msft
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Hi Dgreen23
If you mean Publish to Web which you will create the embed code, as I know, it doesn't have the feature for Export Data.
You could vote this similar idea in Power BI ideas Forum and add your comments there to improve Power BI and make this feature coming sooner.
In addition, Publish to web is not very safe. When you use Publish to web, the report or visual you publish can be viewed by anyone on the Internet. There is no authentication used when viewing these reports.
But it's able to export data via other sharing like Mariusz posted above.
- Dgreen23
I voted on that idea. There is another one with similar intent located here https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/12275796-export-to-excel-tiles-of-published-to-web-report. I'm honestly surprised that this functionality isn't already built, but I suppose that there are a plethora of other requests they're trying to process. I agree with you on the security dilemma regarding Publish to web. Unfortunately, its the only option I have for getting this dashboard out to non-power bi users. Thanks for the assistance!