Hello,
I have the following question: it is possible to export a table (which is scrollable) from a dashboard in a .pdf file?
In my case, I need to have in my pdf all the information from the table not only what is visible .
My table is:
Thank you!
Have you tried? What happens?
If the pdf export is only what is visible on the canvas, you can use a script to change things before you export. In the ‘before export’ script you can move, resize or whatever you need to do. These changes will appear in the export but not in the visible dashboard.
If this still doesn’t work, you may need to export via a script on a button when you have even more control over what exports and how.
Hope that helps
My table has a lot of information and a scroll bar. When I export the table, I receive only what is visible.
After that, I tried in excel and here I have all table information in my export file. I want the same thing but in pdf.
This is a picture from pdf export:
Not sure you can export pdf to multiple pages.
If you make it a very large dashboard canvas and very large table, it will probably shrink to fit on the one pdf page. You could have a script that exports the visible bit, then scrolls it and then exports again etc, but that is not really a solution.
I’ll leave this one to those more knowledgable than I - Jeff for example.
This is a good a question and the core of your problem is that the exports try to do different things on a dashboard:
Image, PDF, PowerPoint - These export types try to give you only what you are currently seeing. In the case of your data table, they will indeed only export the current view.
Excel - Gives all of the underlying data, regardless of view
Now there’s the kicker; if you want a large multi-page PDF export, use a report / scorecard.
Reports are designed for long form exports and if you create a report that has the same data as your data table, you can use the pdf export there to allow for a multi-page export of all the data.
Here’s a doc that will help you if you’ve never seen reports before.
https://www.dundas.com/support/learning/documentation/create-view-content/report-basics-and-concepts
No problem @costin.manea. I was also thinking, if you like the user experience of the data table on your dashboard; you might consider leaving it the way it is now.
Keep the data table on your dashboard and then add a “View all Data” button to the dashboard that will navigate to your new Report. This way your users can export the full report if they want it or they can use the data table that you’ve already got for a more comfortable experience. Just a thought but it might be a nice touch.
