Export to Excel button without specifying filepath

[jaltoft]

Hello,

Can anyone help? I want to be able to create a button within my Power BI report to export my data to Excel. The data is a list of inflation indices.

I am aware you can click the elipsis and export the Power BI but the user wants to export the data to Excel and for ease a button next to the table Export to Excel would be useful, want I require is the excel data to pop up and the user to then be able to save it in a location of there choosing rather than me having to specify a single location as multiple users may be accessing.

Thanks!!

[Anonymous]

Hi @jaltoft,

Apologies for the delayed response. Could you please post this thread on the Power Automate forum as well? You may receive a faster resolution there from below link.

Microsoft Power Platform Community Forum Thread

Thanks & Regards,

Prasanna Kumar

[rohit1991]

Hi @jaltoft 

Power BI does not support creating a custom “Export to Excel” button that opens a Save dialog.
The only export method is the built-in Export Data option or a Power Automate flow.

[jaltoft]

I was more hoping the Power Automate option would give me an option to open an Excel or CSV in which the data would pop up for the user and allow them to save?

[Ahmed-Elfeel]

Hi @jaltoft,

Could you check this methods:

• 4 Easy Ways to Export Power BI to Excel 
• Say No to Export Data, Yes to Analyze in Excel: Power BI and Excel Can Talk! 

Note:

• The ability to export data (in any form) can be disabled by a Power BI admin at the tenant level or by the report designer at the dataset level (If these features are not working, you need to contact your Power BI admin)
• If your data is tagged with a sensitivity label that has protection settings, exporting the data will apply these protections to the Excel file

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