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Anonymous
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4 years ago

Visual changes when exporting to PDF or in PNG

Hello, 

 

I have created an area chart that shows different colored areas depending on running total of different measures. The chart shows exactly how i designed it and want it in the Power BI Desktop application and when I post it to the service, but as soon as I PDF the dashboard or share it via the "schedule" option, the chart colors change. The color change now shows the entire area under the top post line as that color (in this case red) instead of the different bands of colors between each line (red area should only go to yellow line). 

 

Any idea why this is happening? Again, this only shows in the .PNG, .PDF, and in the preview image in a scheduled distribution, it still shows with the colors I built it with in the Service and the desktop app. 

 

Thank you!! 

 

How it looks in the desktop app & service (correct):

 

Correct graph

 

How it looks in PDF (error):

How it looks when I PDF (error)

 

Any help? Is this just a bug?

 

Need Help

10 Replies

  • AllisonKennedy's avatar
    AllisonKennedy
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    4 years ago

    Anonymous I'm guessing you're using the Area Chart, that layers the colors? If you wanted to do more DAX calculations you could use the Stacked Area Chart instead- that might solve your problem? I have not tested my theory, but I'm guessing it's a bug that the PDF can't handle the multiple color codes provided below the yellow line, so just picks one (not sure how it decides: first? boldest?) 

  • v-xiaotang's avatar
    v-xiaotang
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    4 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

    I've tested area chart, and it works fine.

    You can try to update your desktop to latest version and test again,

    in desktop,

    in pdf,

     

     

    Best Regards,

    Community Support Team _Tang

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

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      4 years ago

       

      Hi Xiao Tang,

       

      I just updated my version of Power BI to the most recent version below: 

      Version: 2.97.921.0 64-bit (September 2021)

       

      Still having the same issue..

       

       

      • v-xiaotang's avatar
        v-xiaotang
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        4 years ago

        Hi Anonymous 

        Thanks for your reply.

        Could you share a sample? so that we can test it to find the reason.

         

         

        Best Regards,

        Community Support Team _Tang

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

  • v-xiaotang's avatar
    v-xiaotang
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    4 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

    Can we close this thread now if there is no other question? It would be nice if you can accpet my answer as the solution. Thanks 🙂

     

    Best Regards,

    Community Support Team _Tang

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

  • ImPalaBI's avatar
    ImPalaBI
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    2 years ago

    Did you ever found a solution?
    I´m having the exacto issue 3 years later!

    • beckyricha's avatar
      beckyricha
      New Member
      2 years ago

      Same issue here but with a simple pie chart. I want the same chart side by side with different year filter to compare but it reverses the colors in one and not the other when I export, whether to PDF, PowerPoint, or png. It is bizarre.