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HAPBI
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4 years ago

Problem with table visual when converting to PDF (text lines are cut off)

Hello,

I have a question regarding the table visual when converting from Power BI to PDF. When created in Power BI,  the tables look good and contain all the texts in the cells of the tables. However, when converting to PDF, the table contents of some cells are partially cut off or some lines are cut off completely (see attached screenshot als an example). What is the reason for this and is there a way to avoid this problem?

 

Thank you very much for your help!

 

Kind regards

 

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7 Replies

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    4 years ago

    It is because visuals get extracted as images, not as tabular data. Unfortunately, the only workaround I know is resizing the visual on Power BI to get the fit you need, but this is not efficient as you would need to do this every time data gets refreshed. 

  • HAPBI's avatar
    HAPBI
    New Member
    4 years ago

    Thanks for your answer!

     

    How does the workaround ("resizing the visual in Power BI") you mentioned work? Since in Power BI the tables look fine, I don't know what I could do there?! I wouldn't mind having to do the workaround on every refresh, if that would solve the problem....

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      4 years ago

      Just place the cursor between the edges of the cells and drag up or down/right or left until the cell is displayed on its full size. This is done the same way as adjusting a table on Word, Power Point. 

       

      (Vertically or horizontally)

       

      • HAPBI's avatar
        HAPBI
        New Member
        4 years ago

        Strange, it does not work for me. Maybe I am using an old Power BI version (April 2021) that does not support this feature yet. I can only increase and decrease the columns horizontally in the table header. But vertically I can neither adjust the table header nor individual row heights in the table.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    4 years ago

    Hi HAPBI 
    I tested the situation you mentioned. When there is too much text in the table, it cannot be displayed completely, you need to drag up and down .But the exported to PDF is a fixed image,there is no way to drag the content down display.
    In Service, it is displayed in the form of a table, so you can drag and drop to display all the content. However, in PDF, it is fixed as a picture, and there is no way to display all the content. Unless you export it in excel format .
    You can also put your opinions in Ideas.
    https://ideas.powerbi.com/ideas/

     

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    • HAPBI's avatar
      HAPBI
      New Member
      4 years ago

      Hi,

      thanks for your reply.

      It is a bit strange, because the text in Power BI itself is not too long and the table is displayed nicely with complete text. Only after the PDF conversion the text is then cut off. So you don't know about the problem before the conversion until you then see the finished PDF.

      Thanks for the hint for the ideas forum. I will put an idea there.

       

      Best regards