Unable to print SharePoint images to PDF

[guadano]

Hi everyone!

I have a 'Simple image' visual (developed by Vincent Faigt) that points to images hosted on SharePoint. When I print the report to PDF, the visual doesn't print correctly, giving the error "The visual doesn't support exporting.". I think I've tried all the free external visuals, but none of them print.

Does anyone know how I could achieve this? I've also thought about maybe using HTML and the 'HTML Content (Lite)' visual, but I can't get the code to display the image.

Thank you so much

Kind regards

[tayloramy · Accepted solution]

Hi @guadano,

The error is unfortuneately expected: most custom visuals can’t be exported/printed. Only certified custom visuals are supported in PDF/PPT exports; uncertified visuals show “This visual doesn’t support exporting.” (community thread, StackOverflow).

Try embeding images as Base64

• In Power Query, use SharePoint connector to read image binaries.

• Convert to Base64 and prefix a data URI so the image is in the model, not fetched at export time:

// Columns: [ImageBinary] is the file content
= Table.AddColumn(
    PreviousStep,
    "ImageDataUri",
    each "data:image/png;base64," & Binary.ToText([ImageBinary], BinaryEncoding.Base64),
    type text
  )

• In Model view, set Data Category = Image URL for ImageDataUri.

• Use a native visual that supports images (Table/Matrix or the built-in Image visual).
  Result: images export/print reliably because the bytes are already inside the PBIX/semantic model: https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-platform/How-to-attach-image-file-from-Lakehouse-to...

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[guadano]

Hello @tayloramy, thank you very much for your help. The solution worked perfectly. Have a great day!

[v-hjannapu]

Hi @guadano,

I would also take a moment to thank @tayloramy, for actively participating in the community forum and for the solutions you’ve been sharing in the community forum. Your contributions make a real difference.
 

I wanted to check if you had the opportunity to review the information provided. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions.

Regards,
Commnity Support team.