Hi, Having an issue where when a user wants to exp...
# gooddata-cloud
c
Hi, Having an issue where when a user wants to export a Visual of a repeater table from their dashboard it will only export a small section of the visual
k
This is a known limitation with PDF/visual exports in GoodData. The export acts as a "screenshot" of the dashboard and will display content exactly as it appears on screen — it does not automatically scale or fit wide/long content. Why this happens: Exported PDFs, PNGs, and slide decks capture the dashboard as it currently renders. If a table (including a repeater table) is too wide or long to fit within the visible area, the export will truncate or cut off the content rather than scaling it to fit. [Community Slack] Workarounds to try: 1. Manually resize the visualization — Adjust the width and height of the repeater table widget within the dashboard so the full content is visible before exporting. [Community Slack] 2. Reduce the number of columns — If possible, limit the columns displayed so the table fits within the visible dashboard area. 3. Use tabular export instead — Rather than a visual/PDF export, export the widget as XLSX or CSV to get the full underlying data without truncation. Individual widgets can be exported as tabular data (XLSX/CSV). [Export Dashboards] 4. Schedule tabular exports — If this is for recurring reports, you can set up scheduled exports of the widget as XLSX/CSV directly from the visualization. [Community Slack] > Note: There is currently no built-in feature to automatically scale or fit wide tables to the export format. The knowledge sources do not specifically mention repeater tables, so if the issue behaves differently from a standard table truncation, I'd recommend reaching out to GoodData support with a direct link to the dashboard for further investigation. 👍 0 button 👎 0 button ℹ️ Tip: Mention @kapa.ai in the thread for follow-ups. 👀 Our Support team monitors all messages and will jump in if needed.
m
Hi Chris, I just wanted to confirm out AI assistants response here - that this is a known limitation on the PDF export, and the work-arounds here are as follows: 1. Manually resize the visualization — Adjust the width and height of the repeater table widget within the dashboard so the full content is visible before exporting. [Community Slack] 2. Reduce the number of columns — If possible, limit the columns displayed so the table fits within the visible dashboard area. 3. Use tabular export instead — Rather than a visual/PDF export, export the widget as XLSX or CSV to get the full underlying data without truncation. Individual widgets can be exported as tabular data (XLSX/CSV). [Export Dashboards] 4. Schedule tabular exports — If this is for recurring reports, you can set up scheduled exports of the widget as XLSX/CSV directly from the visualization. [Community Slack]
c
Ok Thank you, these fixes aren't particularly suited as we do not wish to share tabular data and and the issue is that there are too many rows to try and export. I have tried adjusting the height of the visual and shrinking row height but none of these work. It would definitely be better if there was some way of the export creating several pages in a powerpoint or pdf. The export even mentions a page number but will not create more pages
Also the Repeater visual would require some setting up in excel making the tabular data not suitable to export
m
There isn’t currently a native way to get a true multi-page paginated PDF/PPTX out of a Repeater with many rows. The paginated “Export Table to PDF” feature is scoped specifically to Pivot Table widgets, not Repeater, and Slide Deck export caps each widget at one slide (750px max height) rather than flowing onto extra pages. If the rich formatting (images, bars, links) isn’t essential for this export, switching this to a Pivot Table would let you use the native paginated PDF export, which handles exactly this case
c
Is it possible to submit that as a feature request?
j
Hi Chris, definitely. I will request this feature on your behalf now. Thank you for sharing your experience with our product.