Automatically Send Power BI Reports to External Users

Schedule, personalize and automatically deliver Power BI reports to customers, partners and other external recipients as PDF, Excel or CSV files.

Deliver reports without requiring recipients to access Power BI
Send a different filtered report to every customer or partner
Deliver PDF, Excel or CSV by email, SFTP, SharePoint and more
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Deliver Power BI Reports Beyond Your Organization

Automatically distribute Power BI reports to customers, partners, vendors and other external recipients in the format and destination that works for them.

Schedule Power BI Dataset Refresh
Dataset Refresh
Power BI Dataset Refresh can be set in isolation, or to run before/after a Power BI report is exported.
Date Time Scheduling in PBRS
Date-Time Scheduling
Schedule based on date and time. Standard frequencies, or create your own e.g. 4-4-5.
Event Triggers
Event Triggered Scheduling
Trigger a Dataset Refresh or a Power Bi Report export based on business events.
PBRS Destinations and formats
Export Formats and Destinations
Export to PDF, Excel, CSV and other standard formats. Deliver to folder, email, printer, FTP, SharePoint, Teams and most file-sharing locations.
Data Driven Subscriptions in PBRS
Data Driven Variables
Drag and Drop data driven standard variables into any part of the system. Create your own business constants and variables.
Add Visual To Power BI Export in PBRS
Summary and Underlying Data
Export Summary or Underlying data from specified visuals to Excel or CSV.

Personalize Every Power BI Report for External Recipients

Use data from your systems to automatically determine what each customer, partner or vendor receives — including report filters, file formats, filenames, message content and delivery destinations.

Apply different Power BI filters for every external recipient
Dynamically choose PDF, Excel or CSV for each delivery
Control recipients, filenames, subjects and email content from your data
Send reports to email, SFTP, SharePoint, OneDrive, network folders and more
Generate and distribute hundreds of individualized reports from one automated workflow
 
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Schedule External Report Delivery — or Trigger It Automatically

Send reports to external recipients on a recurring schedule, or trigger delivery automatically when a business event occurs.

Schedule customer and partner reports hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or on custom calendars
Trigger delivery when database records are created, changed or deleted
Run reports when files appear, emails arrive or data is received
Refresh Power BI datasets before generating and distributing reports
Run unattended as a Windows service
 
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PBRS schedules or triggers Power BI report delivery and automatically sends PDF, Excel or CSV files to customers, partners and vendors by email, SharePoint, network folders or SFTP.

Secure Power BI Reports Before They Leave Your Organization

Protect sensitive reports before delivering them to customers, partners or vendors. PBRS can apply PDF security and recipient-specific controls automatically as part of the delivery workflow.

Password-protect and encrypt PDF reports before delivery
Restrict printing, copying, editing and other PDF permissions
Add watermarks, stamps, metadata and document expiry controls
Apply different security settings for different recipients
Deliver securely by email, SFTP, SharePoint, OneDrive or network locations
 
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Where Native Power BI External Distribution Can Become Complicated

Native Power BI sharing and subscriptions work well for many internal scenarios, but external report delivery can introduce licensing, capacity, access and workflow complexity.

 

Native Power BI / Power Automate

External access can involve guest-user, licensing or capacity requirements
Some external subscription scenarios require supported Premium capacity
Recipient-specific filters often require additional workflow logic
Delivery beyond standard email can require extra connectors and configuration
Advanced PDF security usually requires additional steps or tools
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PBRS

Deliver static PDF, Excel or CSV files directly to external recipients
Recipients do not need to open or interact with Power BI
Dynamic recipients, filters, filenames and destinations are built in
Deliver by email, SFTP, SharePoint, OneDrive, network folders and more
Built-in PDF passwords, permissions, watermarks and expiry controls

Common Power BI External Reporting Use Cases

 PBRS is designed for recurring, personalized and secure report delivery to customers, partners, vendors and other recipients outside your organization. 

01

Customer Reporting

Automatically send each customer a filtered PDF, Excel or CSV report containing only the data relevant to them.

02

Partner & Vendor Reporting

Distribute recurring operational, performance or compliance reports to external partners and vendors automatically.

03

Secure & Regulated Reporting

Protect financial, HR, healthcare or other sensitive reports with passwords, permissions, watermarks and expiry controls.

04

High-Volume External Distribution

Use one data-driven workflow to generate and deliver hundreds of individualized reports to external recipients automatically.

Works with Your Power BI Environment

Power BI Service • Power BI Pro • Premium Per User • Power BI Report Server • Paginated Reports • SSRS

Ready to Automate Power BI Report Delivery to External Users?

Schedule, personalize, secure and deliver Power BI reports to customers, partners and vendors without requiring them to access Power BI.

 

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