Visuals implementation with Report Builder

[DevLearner0]

Hi everyone,

I'm having a problem while migrating a pbi report to Report Builder (all this because it takes 1min to export the 50 MB pbi report to pdf and 30s for a paginated report to do so, not enough patience from my boss).

The thing is, I am no expert in Report Builder, and I now know how to add tables and matrixes, but I also have to deal with this:

As you can see, the first two "columns" are just text boxes, but the third one are cards with different fields in them.

Is it possible to do such thing in Report Builder? Mantaining the aesthetic, of course.

Also, if you know any way to reduce the export time to a pdf from a minute to less than 40s you would be my hero (I have tried all best practices guides).

Thank you!

[v-zhengdxu-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @DevLearner0 

Given the large size of your report itself, here's a piece of advice:

You can consider exporting the report as a PDF directly in Power BI Service, which will be no different from the PDF exported by a paginated report. This is because exporting from Power BI Service uses the Microsoft cloud, while exporting from on-premises uses native computing power, this may be the reason for the time gap.

Or you can consider upgrading your computer, replacing it with a better CPU or replacing the hard drive with an SSD, and turning off any other background software that may affect performance if you export to PDF.

Best Regards

Zhengdong Xu
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