topic Re: Getting forbidden error when trying to export report to PDF in Developer

Getting forbidden error when trying to export report to PDF

dresp — Sun, 15 Aug 2021 05:52:46 GMT

I'm trying to use the API to export a report that's being embedded into one of our applications, however I keep getting a Forbidden error, however I know my authenticaion mechanism is fine as I can do other stuff via the API like refreshing reports, generating embeed tokens etc.

I read somewhere that it might be due to my user accounts subscription tier (Pro). Can anyone here confirm if I need to go Premium to access this functionality?

Here is the code in case you're wondering what I'm doing

public async Task<string> ExportReport(Guid groupId, Guid reportId, FileFormat format) { var authenticationResult = await _authContext.AcquireTokenAsync(_resourceUrl, _credential); var tokenCredentials = new TokenCredentials(authenticationResult.AccessToken, "Bearer"); using (var client = new PowerBIClient(new Uri(_apiUrl), tokenCredentials)) { var request = new ExportReportRequest(format); // this line below is where I get the forbidden var export = await client.Reports.ExportToFileAsync(groupId, reportId, request); var result = await PollExportRequest(client, reportId, groupId, export.Id, 5); // rest of the code ommited for brevity } }

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Getting forbidden error when trying to export report to PDF

Greg_Deckler — Sun, 15 Aug 2021 09:53:45 GMT

@dresp Maybe check the Tenant settings for Export and sharing settings in the Admin portal?

Re: Getting forbidden error when trying to export report to PDF

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 09:51:08 GMT

Hi @dresp

For reference: Limitations of Export Power BI report to file (preview)

The report you're exporting must reside on a Premium or Embedded capacity.
The dataset of the report you're exporting must reside on a Premium or Embedded capacity.

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

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