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Eriksonbh
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Data export (Excel)

Hi!
I have a certain file that I can't get the export options to appear. I can get all the other files, but my main one, I can't...
All export options are enabled, so much so that the rest work fine.
Does anyone know what could be happening? It is SQL data and is a file created in 2019.

 

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Eriksonbh
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After a lot of searching, I found the problem. It's in the file settings within the Workspace. At some point, it got marked for hiding.

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Eriksonbh
Regular Visitor

After a lot of searching, I found the problem. It's in the file settings within the Workspace. At some point, it got marked for hiding.

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Eriksonbh
Regular Visitor

That's exactly the problem! The menu does not appear in any of my visuals. I don't even know if it's possible to hide... I've never seen that option.

They're in the "general" tab for the visual - you can toggle all or specific ones piecemeal:

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Hi, Cristina!
Icons are not hidden. In PBI Desktop they appear normally.

Could the problem have to do with RLS? We work with this parameter...

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RLS wouldn't do that, hmmm... you could check in the report settings in the desktop vs in the web - they are not always the same between the two, meaning it could be enabled in the desktop app but disabled in the web report settings.

 

You might also try creating a new table with the same data on a test page and see if you have the same problem there (publish to your personal workspace if you don't want people to see it) - that will tell you if it's a report issue or a visual issue. 

christinepayton
Super User
Super User

Have you hidden the header icons in the visual settings? I don't see the ellipsis menu in your screenshot. The visual export requires the header icon menu to be enabled to get to it-- 

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