Power BI Report Builder paginated report page break is causing blank pages in PDF export

[Gevets]

Is there a known issue when using a page break on a paginated report and exporting to PDF that causes a blank page to be produced after each break?  This blank page does not appear when viewing the paginated report in the Power BI Service, just when exporting to PDF.  The body of the report is smaller than the page plus margins.  The extra pages don't appear if I remove the page break on the rectangle.  Thanks in Advance.

[Gevets]

The margins were the issue.  I had to set the margins even smaller than required.   I find the Report body width  has to be less than the report width minus the margins.

Report body width < Report page width - (Left margin + Right margin)

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @Gevets ,

For your problem, I found the appropriate official documentation, you can find the solution in this document:

Avoid blank pages when printing paginated reports - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Ensure the width value doesn't exceed available page width. Be guided by the following formula:

Report body width <= Report page width - (Left margin + Right margin)

If the blank page issue persists, you can also try disabling the report ConsumeContainerWhitespace property. It can only be set in the Properties pane.

Best Regards

Yilong Zhou

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