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Export data to Excel not working in Report Server
Just to add a little detail we're using Power BI Report Server, August 2017 Preview. On visualizations like Table, the Export Data feature is not working when viewing a Power BI report in the browser. THe option is available on the menu in the upper-right corner, but nothing happens when you click it.
Capturing network traffic in the browser's Developer Tools shows that the browser (this is seen in both IE 11 and Chrome) makes a request for http://powerbiservername/14.0.600.379/externals/filesaver.min.js when you click Export Data, but it receives a 404 (Not Found) response in reply.
An Error is also shown in the console:
message: "Script error for "filesaver"
http://requirejs.org/docs/errors.html#scripterror"
Is there a workaround? It looks like all the resources (script, css, etc.) are compiled into DLLs, but is there any way to manually copy the missing filesaver.min.js somewhere and have the web server find it?
Thanks for reporting this, I just gave it a try and I was able to repro the issue. I'll get a bug filed for this and we'll get it taken care of. Unfortunately there isn't a workaroud at the moment.
Hi mgmeyer,
What is the typical timeline for resolving issues like this one? Will we need to wait until the next release of Report Server, or might we expect an earlier fix? Thanks for your help!
mgmeyer same issue here with us, this is quite a biggie, how soon can MS resolve this?
Hi there
Just want to know if this has been resolved? And when the new version of Power BI report server will be available post Oct 2017?
Hi,
I founf a workaround for this issue by installing on my Power BI Server the ARR role and redirecting the request conatining filesaver.min.js to a farm based on a single static server. On this server I put the filesaver js file and I can export my data to csv files. Hope it helps!
Hi,
I found a workaround for this issue by intsalling quickly ARR role on my Power Bi Server. In my ARR I configured a farm containing just one static server where I put the filesaver.min.js file. A rewrite rule is created to redirect all requests containing filesaver.min.js to the backend Farm. It s working as a charm for me and I could export to csv files. Hope it helps!
Hi, can you explain this in more detail - I might be being a little thick here but what is the ARR role?
Thanks, Ramzivic.
Anonymous wrote:Hi, can you explain this in more detail - I might be being a little thick here but what is the ARR role?
ARR = Application Request Routing, part of IIS. See Using the Application Request Routing Module and
Define and Configure an Application Request Routing Server Farm. Essentially, this is an implementation of that reverse proxy approach where you've got a middleman web server that forwards requests for everything except the missing filesaver.min.js file on to the PBIRS web server.
