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mahsy
Helper I
4 years ago
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Images not exporting to PDF

Hi, I use images stored in Sharepoint. They are showing fine in Power BI Service. But when i export to PDF they are not showing. Thank you for your help !  
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Hi  mahsy ,

     

    SharePoint Online doesn't allow to generate URLs with anonymous access. We need to provide authentication to get access to these images. We cannot see SharePoint images with URLs on Power BI Desktop. We have to publish a report on the Power BI service, and the user must be logged in to SharePoint before accessing this report to see images properly. If the user isn't logged in with SharePoint, then images will not render even on a web browser.    

     

    We cannot export a report with images from sharepoint url; for instance, if you export this report or create a subscription broken link will appear in the report, just like the image url will show broken in Power BI Desktop.

     

    For reference: https://www.alphabold.com/embed-images-in-power-bi-reports-part-i/

     

    Best Regards,
    Rico Zhou

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

     

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mahsy
Helper I
4 years ago

Hi,

i use a matrix in which i display the image and other information (images are stored on Sharepoint).

 

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Pragati11
Super User
4 years ago

Hi mahsy ,

 

I can still get my images exported to a pdf. I am bringing them using a url value and able to export them perfectly.

 

In Power BI Service I see following:

Once I export it to PDF, I see following:

So, my pdf export brings the images exactly as on my report.

 

Also the path of the images should be a url path right?

My images are populated using url links and in your case it should be your sharepoint link.

 

Also has this worked before and suddenly stopped working?