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Automate PDF Export
Hi Jamie_B_UK ,
This post describes your use case without Premium, but it clearly says you need Pro and Embedded subscriptions for his approach. Export Paginated Reports automatically in a low-code way without Power BI Premium – PBI Guy (pbi-guy.com)
Kind regrads,Martin
Hi Jamie_B_UK ,
I can only answer your second question for sure: If you keep pay as you go capacity running you will be charged. But you could modify your flow to first start your capacity, then export PDF, then shut down capacity. Depending on how often you need to export PDF files you can consider either this approach or keep it running during defined business hours and do all exports in this timeframe.
REST API to start/stop capacity:
Resume: Capacities - Resume - REST API (Azure Power BI Embedded) | Microsoft Learn
Suspend: Capacities - Suspend - REST API (Azure Power BI Embedded) | Microsoft Learn
Regarding your first question, I'd just give it a try. If it doesnt work, try running the flow with a user with Pro license at least.
Kind regards,
Martin
Martin_D
Thanks for that - good idea, I hadn't thought about that - could easily bake into the flow.
I'll wait and see if anyone knows the lowest level needed.Hi Jamie_B_UK ,
This post describes your use case without Premium, but it clearly says you need Pro and Embedded subscriptions for his approach. Export Paginated Reports automatically in a low-code way without Power BI Premium – PBI Guy (pbi-guy.com)
Kind regrads,Martin