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dxwalker
Frequent Visitor
2 years ago

Power BI Attach Full Report as PDF or PowerPoint is still only showing a screenshot

I've created a subscription and I've selected to attach the full report. I've tried it with PDF and PowerPoint and neither option is showing the full report. It is only showing a screen shot of the data when you open the PDF file.

Need Help

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    • dxwalker's avatar
      dxwalker
      Frequent Visitor
      2 years ago

      That's a cool feature. I should've specified. I'm talking about a subscription to the report. When it is emailed, even though I have checked on 'Attach Full Report', the PDF is a screenshot of the viewing area and not the full report.

  • KiranHosakote's avatar
    KiranHosakote
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    2 years ago

    Hi dxwalker 

     

    What you describe is an inherent limitation of the Subscribe feature in Power BI - you only get an embedded screenshot and the first page of your report as an attachment. 

     

    If you are open to third-party solutions, see if BI Helper https://bihelper.tech works for you.

     

    BI Helper is a popular and easy to use SaaS application that generates and emails user-specific PDFs (with filters and slicers applied). It is secure and scalable, and only needs a Power BI Pro license. It doesn't require Power Automate or any other component.