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How to export embedded images (base64) to PDF/PNG
Super UserI can't have these files hosted in any sort of public URL, and I can't get PBI and Sharepoint to understand each other.
You are not missing anything, and did a very thorough investigation - This is your catch-22. It would only work if you would make the folder with the images in your sharepoint public, which you really, really shouldn't do.
How many images are there? Can you embed them all as image visuals , stack them on top of each other, and then play with the transparency?
Aww, that's what I was afraid of. And even if I wanted to create a public sharepoint folder, I don't even have access to do so - not to mention I'm dealing with people's personal information, which is protected by law.
Regarding your question, the number of images is not that big - we're talking about 5 or 6. However, it would be very difficult to have all individual images embedded as visuals because the turn over on this team is quite high, so we would need to constantly change the PBIX file by adding/removing visuals. The idea behind this initiative was to automate 100% of this activity.
Wondering if there is any other way to handle this... Why doesn't the embedded base64 data work? Any idea?