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Download Power BI report in code

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 07:25:24 GMT

Hi everyone,

Is it possible to download a Power BI report in code (C# for example)?

We would like to automate a download of a existing Power BI Report.

Thank you in advance for your feedback!

Kind regards.

Re: Download Power BI report in code

TedPattison — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:18:45 GMT

Yes, you can use the Power BI SDK which provides methods in PowerBiClient.Reports. Here is an example.

PowerBIClient pbiClient = GetPowerBiClient();

var reportStream = pbiClient.Reports.ExportReportInGroup(appWorkspaceId, report.Id);
string filePath = @"C:\tempExport\" + report.Name + ".pbix";
FileStream stream1 = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
reportStream.CopyToAsync(stream1).Wait();
reportStream.Close();
stream1.Close();
stream1.Dispose();

Re: Download Power BI report in code

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:40:53 GMT

Hi @TedPattison

First of all thank you for your reply and info/code sample.

Excuse me, i rephrase, can you download a PDF/PNG from a report in C# from a report or dashboard?

Re: Download Power BI report in code

TedPattison — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:41:58 GMT

Sorry I misunderstood.

Currently, the only support for export-to-pdf is in Power BI Desktop and not in the Power BI Service. Unfortunately, there is no way to automate generating PDF files with Power BI Desktop. I do not think what you want will be possible until the Power BI team adds export-to-pdf capabilities to the Power BI Service and also support to call it through the API. This feature is on the Power BI team's roadmap but I have no idea when we might see this in preview.

Re: Download Power BI report in code

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 20:06:41 GMT

No, it is my fault for not stating my question properly 🙂

Thank you very much for both replies as they helped me both!

kind regards

Re: Download Power BI report in code

umeshlade — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 10:47:25 GMT

Is is possible to download power BI report using SSIS script or using C#?

I want to automate report download from power bi server by passing dynamic parameter.

@Anonymous @TedPattison how you done this in your application