Power BI Subscription with Excel Attachment

[TSTUTZMAN]

Hello,

Just wanted to double check my research on Power BI Subscriptions with an Excel Attachment is correct.

Looks like right now if you want a Power BI Subscription to send an Excel attachement is the report has to be developed Power BI Paginated reports and you have to have a Premium license?  Is that correct?  Any other options?  I read that possibly Flow can be used to do that?

If that is correct, then does all Power BI users that would receive the subscription via email need a Premium license?  Would only the developer need a Premium license to create the report and the other Power BI users could have a Pro license to view in Power BI?

Last question, is it on the list for eventually Power BI reports can send Subscriptions with Excel attachments?

Thanks in advance.
Tim

[lbendlin · Accepted solution]

You can use Power Automate to send out your subscriptions with the maximum flexibility, both format and timing.

If on shared capacity every user needs a Pro license to consume reports you share.

If on Premium capacity regular users do not need a license as long as you share via the app.

As for your last question - exporting to Excel is not a useful feature of Power BI.  Teach your users to use "Analyze in Excel" instead.