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pedrocardo
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2 years ago
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How can I export a visual data as an Excel inside Power BI desktop without publishing it?

I created a Power BI Desktop dashboard just to aggregate data in some tables visuals and export as an Excel to send to other coworkers. This dashboard is just for facilitating my life. Now, inside Power BI Desktop, I can only export data as CSV. To export an Excel, I have to publish the dashboard inside Power BI service.

 

There is a way to do this inside Power BI Desktop withouth publishing the dashboard?

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Export to Excel is only possible in PBI Service. Through desktop, you can only export as CSV. If this is something you do often, and you don't want to just open up the CSV and save as an XLSX, you could always go the route of powerautomate - there's probably a flow setup there that could handle this. 

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    2 years ago

    Export to Excel is only possible in PBI Service. Through desktop, you can only export as CSV. If this is something you do often, and you don't want to just open up the CSV and save as an XLSX, you could always go the route of powerautomate - there's probably a flow setup there that could handle this.