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iAm_ManCat
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6 years ago
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Export to PDF page background issue

Hi Everyone!   Just wanted to get some confirmation around this  - I've seen some older posts from when the feature was released saying that using Page Background would result in an exported PDF th...
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  • v-eachen-msft's avatar
    v-eachen-msft
    6 years ago

    Hi iAm_ManCat ,

     

    I tried two versions( 2020 Apr & 2020 Jun). All of them cannot export page background.

     

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    iAm_ManCat
    6 years ago

    Thanks for confirming v-eachen-msft - glad to know its not just me.

     

    I can keep using my workaround for now (a page-size label in background with its background color set), it's not ideal but it works for the moment.

     

    Cheers,

    Sancho

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iAm_ManCat
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6 years ago

Hi amitchandak 

 

Unfortunately, neither of those refer to my issue, the first link is aboutdashboards, and the second link is about printing from the browser, whereas I am referring to exporting a report to PDF and losing the Page Background when doing so.

 

Could you please confirm whether you are experiencing the same issue:

create a new report, set page background, publish this to the web and then choose export to PDF option  - do you see the page background when exporting?

 

Many Thanks,

Sancho

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v-eachen-msft
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6 years ago

Hi iAm_ManCat ,

 

I tried two versions( 2020 Apr & 2020 Jun). All of them cannot export page background.

 

  • iAm_ManCat's avatar
    iAm_ManCat
    Regular Visitor
    6 years ago

    Thanks for confirming v-eachen-msft - glad to know its not just me.

     

    I can keep using my workaround for now (a page-size label in background with its background color set), it's not ideal but it works for the moment.

     

    Cheers,

    Sancho

    • Muhammad110's avatar
      Muhammad110
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      2 years ago

      Well still having the same issue but what I did is to group each any every part of dashboard like graphs table and title and every thing and group it and then once its all group into one I click on it and change the background to black hope you understand and its working fine for me

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    3 years ago

    Hi @iAm_ManCat,

     

    just had the same issue.

     

    There are two ways to set an image in the presentation - Canvas background and Wallpaper. First I had it set in Wallpaper and PDF was coming up blank. I set it now on Canvas background with transparency set at 0% and it is solved.

     

    PDF now comes with the expected background image.

     

    Hope it helps.

     

    Regards

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      1 year ago

      I've tested this with a few different configurations and it does not work. At least for the current version of Power BI, there are only two choices for the pdf border which is white or black, based on whether you are using the light or dark theme