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Export to file - Power BI Report with Filters / Parameters
Hi Anonymous
The documentation currently states that the Bookmark name (whilst accepted as a parameter) is not currently available.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/reports/exporttofile#pagebookmark
The only way to update output via bookmarks, is to pass in the bookmark state.
And the only way that you can get the bookmark state (that I know of) is via the JavaScript API. https://github.com/Microsoft/PowerBI-JavaScript/wiki/Bookmarks#capture-and-get-a-current-view-as-a-bookmark-object-and-apply-it-back-on-the-current-session
The 'capture' function will return a single string value that represents the bookmark state. You can then pass this into the API.
This is far from ideal... but I think the export API endpoint is still under preview, so will likely change quite a bit.
The idea I raised for adding missing functionality to this API has also moved into the planned phase. So hopefully, it won't be too long before these missing features are available. https://ideas.powerbi.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=0e056f7d-34b4-4778-974f-929228effcdd
Cheers, Matt
Anonymous
I am using the REST APIs for ExportToFile in my Power Automate flow.
I can export the PDF with no issues in a normal use case, but next I want to try out exporting a PDF with a particular bookmark.
Use case is - I have 5 user groups and I will create 5 bookmarks (one for each).
Will send the PDF in an email to each of them as per their individual bookmarks.
However, when I try to put the bookmark name in my flow, it doesn't work.
Here is how my flow looks -
The error I get is -
Hi Anonymous
The documentation currently states that the Bookmark name (whilst accepted as a parameter) is not currently available.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/reports/exporttofile#pagebookmark
The only way to update output via bookmarks, is to pass in the bookmark state.
And the only way that you can get the bookmark state (that I know of) is via the JavaScript API. https://github.com/Microsoft/PowerBI-JavaScript/wiki/Bookmarks#capture-and-get-a-current-view-as-a-bookmark-object-and-apply-it-back-on-the-current-session
The 'capture' function will return a single string value that represents the bookmark state. You can then pass this into the API.
This is far from ideal... but I think the export API endpoint is still under preview, so will likely change quite a bit.
The idea I raised for adding missing functionality to this API has also moved into the planned phase. So hopefully, it won't be too long before these missing features are available. https://ideas.powerbi.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=0e056f7d-34b4-4778-974f-929228effcdd
Cheers, Matt