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Karolina411
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2 years ago
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Building a Paginated report with a saas/tabular model

When I upload my .pbix to the powerbi.com cloud I cannot make a paginated report as per MS directions.  I can from .pbix files which come from SQL Server. Observe- below there are no choices but w my...
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    2 years ago

    Hi Karolina411,

    Here is the limitation list about create paginated report, it clearly mentions does not support 'live connection' mode:

    Considerations and limitations
    You can create a paginated report in any workspace.
    You can't create a paginated report from Power BI semantic models based on a live connection.
    The online editor does not replicate all existing Power BI Report Builder functionality.
    Regards,

    Xiaoxin Sheng

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Karolina411
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2 years ago

Thank you.  The reports that are not showing the Paginated report option are derived from a Saas Model which comes from analysis server.  Maybe this is the issue?

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2 years ago

Hi Karolina411,

Here is the limitation list about create paginated report, it clearly mentions does not support 'live connection' mode:

Considerations and limitations
You can create a paginated report in any workspace.
You can't create a paginated report from Power BI semantic models based on a live connection.
The online editor does not replicate all existing Power BI Report Builder functionality.
Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng