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7 years ago
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Download Power BI report in code

Hi everyone,   Is it possible to download a Power BI report in code (C# for example)? We would like to automate a download of a existing Power BI Report.   Thank you in advance for your feedback...
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  • TedPattison's avatar
    TedPattison
    7 years ago

    Sorry I misunderstood.

     

    Currently, the only support for export-to-pdf is in Power BI Desktop and not in the Power BI Service. Unfortunately, there is no way to automate generating PDF files with Power BI Desktop. I do not think what you want will be possible until the Power BI team adds export-to-pdf capabilities to the Power BI Service and also support to call it through the API. This feature is on the Power BI team's roadmap but I have no idea when we might see this in preview.

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TedPattison
Microsoft Employee
7 years ago

Yes, you can use the Power BI SDK which provides methods in PowerBiClient.Reports. Here is an example.

 

 

PowerBIClient pbiClient = GetPowerBiClient();

var reportStream = pbiClient.Reports.ExportReportInGroup(appWorkspaceId, report.Id);
string filePath = @"C:\tempExport\" + report.Name + ".pbix";
FileStream stream1 = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
reportStream.CopyToAsync(stream1).Wait();
reportStream.Close();
stream1.Close();
stream1.Dispose();

 

 

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Anonymous
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7 years ago

Hi TedPattison

 

First of all thank you for your reply and info/code sample.

Excuse me, i rephrase, can you download a PDF/PNG from a report in C# from a report or dashboard?

 

  • TedPattison's avatar
    TedPattison
    Microsoft Employee
    7 years ago

    Sorry I misunderstood.

     

    Currently, the only support for export-to-pdf is in Power BI Desktop and not in the Power BI Service. Unfortunately, there is no way to automate generating PDF files with Power BI Desktop. I do not think what you want will be possible until the Power BI team adds export-to-pdf capabilities to the Power BI Service and also support to call it through the API. This feature is on the Power BI team's roadmap but I have no idea when we might see this in preview.

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      Anonymous
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      7 years ago

      No, it is my fault for not stating my question properly :)

      Thank you very much for both replies as they helped me both!

       

      kind regards