Power BI Service

Hi. I don't think you can configure a custom activity in a deployment pipeline to acomplish that. You could use other tools like a Fabric notebook, data factory or any other ochestration tool. That could run the deployment pipeline and later you could export the reports with the Power Bi Rest API using: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/reports/export-report-in-group

I hope that helps,

Hi Rosy081 

No, Power BI reports deployed using Deployment Pipelines in Power BI Service cannot be directly downloaded as .pbix files. Deployment Pipelines are designed for managing content across different stages (Development, Test, and Production) within Power BI workspaces, but once a report is published to a workspace, downloading the .pbix file is restricted unless the "Download .pbix" option was enabled before publishing. Additionally, reports connected to Live Connection or DirectQuery datasets cannot be downloaded.

However, a possible workaround is to maintain a local copy of the .pbix file before deploying it using Deployment Pipelines. If you need to make a report downloadable after deployment, you may need to manually export a copy from the source workspace where the report was originally created (assuming downloads are allowed). Alternatively, if you want users to access report content offline, they can export report data to Excel, PDF, or PowerPoint through the Power BI Service.