Report Builder Charts are Blurry when Exporting to Excel

[mhay12345]

I am working in Power BI Report Builder and my charts are clear in the application but once I export to Excel they become blurry. Exporting to PDF is clear but I need these to export to Excel specfically. Does anyone know why this is happening and what I can do to resolve? 

[ajaybabuinturi · Accepted solution]

Hi @mhay12345,
I would suggest try with these points

1. Change the default DPI settings from 96 to 300.
2. Increase the chart size in Report builder so that it has higher resultion when we download it to excel.
3. Make sure that do not resize the visuals after exported to excel, keep it at 100%.
4. Else only import the data and create a visuals with in excel.

Thanks,
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[v-sdhruv]

Hi @mhay12345 ,

 I just wanted to check in and ask if the issue you were facing has been resolved. If any of the response has addressed your query, please accept it as a solution so that other users can also benefit from it.

Thank You

[v-sdhruv]

Hi @mhay12345 ,

 I just wanted to check in and ask if the issue you were facing has been resolved. If not, we’d be happy to assist further—please let us know how we can help.

Looking forward to your update!

Thank You

[v-sdhruv · Accepted solution]

Hi @mhay12345 ,

Changing the DPI setting from 96 to 300 in Power BI Report Builder does improve chart clarity when exporting to Excel,but this improvement is only effective when exporting directly from the Report Builder application.
This is because DPI settings are applied during local rendering and export.

However, when you upload the paginated report to Power BI Service and export it from there, the rendering is handled by the Power BI Service's backend.This means:

• Local DPI changes won’t affect exports from Power BI Service.
• The service uses its own rendering engine, which may compress or rasterize visuals different.

You can use the Analyze in Excel option to connect Excel directly to your dataset. This allows you to recreate visuals natively in Excel, avoiding image-based rendering altogether.

Hope this helps!

[ajaybabuinturi · Accepted solution]

Hi @mhay12345,
I would suggest try with these points

1. Change the default DPI settings from 96 to 300.
2. Increase the chart size in Report builder so that it has higher resultion when we download it to excel.
3. Make sure that do not resize the visuals after exported to excel, keep it at 100%.
4. Else only import the data and create a visuals with in excel.

Thanks,
If you found this solution helpful, please consider giving it a Like👍 and marking it as Accepted Solution✔. This helps improve visibility for others who may be encountering/facing same questions/issues.

[mhay12345]

Hi @AJ - thank you! Does this work if I upload the paginated report to PBI Service and then export it from the service to Excel too? Changing the default DPI setting in config files seems like it would be a local solution just if I use my own application and directly export from there?