How to Export Power BI Reports to PDF and PowerPoint

Power BI has an option to export reports to PDF and PowerPoint, which is very useful if you would like to share the reports in a static way with other people.

To export a Power BI report to PDF or PowerPoint, first open the Power BI Report in the Power BI Service:

Next, click File and choose Export to PDF:

You will see the window:

With options Current Values (exports the report in the current state with the filters selected etc) and Default Values (the original report):

Click Export. You may see the message:

A file will be downloaded:

Opening this, we see one PDF page per report page:

Now let’s export to PowerPoint. Select Export to PowerPoint:

We get the same options:

And message:

The file will download:

Opening the file, we see there is also 10 slides, but also a welcome slide with a link to the Power BI report:

From Power BI Desktop, select File->Export to PDF:

You will see the message, with Power BI Desktop cycling through each report page:

And the report will be generated:

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