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Printing Dashboard Visuals - Layout Unusable
I raised a call with Microsoft and yesterday they have come up with the following as the solution:
- Open the dashboard in full-screen mode
- Set the dashboard to 'Fit Width' (bottom right corner of the screen you'll see those options pop up):
Now the print option will not cut off any of the tiles. The only downside is it will fill the page so if you have only 1 tile, that tile will fill up the page in the print out. I guess you could include a blank text tile towards the bottom right corner so when it scales to fit it should scale around the blank text tile.
Hi SteveCarter1
I had a test to print my tile to PDF, and I reproduced the issue like yours.
When my tile is in left, it seems to show a mirror(right) in my print. I couldn't print whole tile, just a part of it.
According to this article:
- Q: My printout isn't scaled correctly. My dashboard doesn't fit on the page. Other scaling and orientation questions.
- A: We cannot guarantee that the printed copy will be exactly the same as it appears in Power BI service. Things like scaling, margins, visual details, orientation, and size are not controlled by Power BI. For help with issues like this, refer to the documentation for your specific browser.
You might need to adjust Edge/Chrome settings.
Or just change the tile postion to print it correctly.
I found move it to right, I can print it to PDF correctly.
Best Regards,
Rico Zhou
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
I raised a call with Microsoft and yesterday they have come up with the following as the solution:
- Open the dashboard in full-screen mode
- Set the dashboard to 'Fit Width' (bottom right corner of the screen you'll see those options pop up):
Now the print option will not cut off any of the tiles. The only downside is it will fill the page so if you have only 1 tile, that tile will fill up the page in the print out. I guess you could include a blank text tile towards the bottom right corner so when it scales to fit it should scale around the blank text tile.
Hi SteveCarter1
Could you tell me if your problem has been solved? If it is, kindly Accept the helpful reply as the solution. More people will benefit from it. Or you are still confused about it, please provide me with more details about your table and your problem or share me with your pbix file from your Onedrive for Business.
Best Regards,
Rico Zhou
Thank you for your help however your answer did not resolve the issue. The fix/workaround is to do as I last replied so I have marked my response as the answer.
It is not a browser setting issue. The issue is consistent over different broswers running on different OS platforms.
Trying to re-arrange tiles to suit printing that will, by testing and confirmation, end up with odd looking tile placements in the browser view is also not what I believe to be a reasonably acceptable workaround either.
Cheers