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I attended a couple of webinars following the Power BI Premium introduction and the changes to the Power BI Free license and I remember that Microsoft said export to powerpoint, excel and csv wasn't working anymore with a free license.
Now I'm testing it out with a free user and it's working.
As there been an announcement on this change? I'm struggling to find any documentation about this.
Thanks,
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@Eric_Sergerie,
Free users can export data from report to PowerPoint, csv/excel. In the following official articles, it doesn't mention that license is required to export data.
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-service-publish-to-powerpoint/
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-service-export-data/
Regards,
Lydia
Is it currently possible to export data to Excel or CSV from a free account?
How?
@Eric_Sergerie,
Free users can export data from report to PowerPoint, csv/excel. In the following official articles, it doesn't mention that license is required to export data.
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-service-publish-to-powerpoint/
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-service-export-data/
Regards,
Lydia
Seen that just after I created my post... Guess I should have wait. Thanks for the answer. Still, I know it was not the case in the pre-annoucements (I still have my screenshots). Anyway, it changes for the better so.
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