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DRing
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Anyone distributing a PDF of a report using Power Automate?

I was recently asked to create an automated daily distribution of a report using Power Automate. I've followed instructions I've found online to create this flow in Power Automate, however the PDF attached in the email in blank.

I've asked for help on the Power Automate forums, but very little response there. Figured someone here may have had a similar issue at some point.

Any thoughts on why the PDF is blank?

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v-jianpeng-msft
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Hi, @DRing 

Thanks @amitchandak . Based on your description, I created a Power Automate flow that, in the case of the new version, does send a blank PDF. I got the normal PDF by turning off the new design mode:

New designer:

vjianpengmsft_1-1711544152124.png

 

Here's the result, a blank PDF is returned:

vjianpengmsft_2-1711544245567.png

In the old design pattern, this was shown in the following image:

vjianpengmsft_3-1711544357455.png

The result is as follows, and the correct PDF is returned:

vjianpengmsft_4-1711544420164.png

You can turn off the New designer feature in the red box in the image. After that, you can get a non-blank PDF.

 

 

 

 

 

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If it does not help, please provide more details with your desired output and pbix file without privacy information (or some sample data) .

Best Regards

Jianpeng Li

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v-jianpeng-msft
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Hi, @DRing 

Thanks @amitchandak . Based on your description, I created a Power Automate flow that, in the case of the new version, does send a blank PDF. I got the normal PDF by turning off the new design mode:

New designer:

vjianpengmsft_1-1711544152124.png

 

Here's the result, a blank PDF is returned:

vjianpengmsft_2-1711544245567.png

In the old design pattern, this was shown in the following image:

vjianpengmsft_3-1711544357455.png

The result is as follows, and the correct PDF is returned:

vjianpengmsft_4-1711544420164.png

You can turn off the New designer feature in the red box in the image. After that, you can get a non-blank PDF.

 

 

 

 

 

How to Get Your Question Answered Quickly

If it does not help, please provide more details with your desired output and pbix file without privacy information (or some sample data) .

Best Regards

Jianpeng Li

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

 

 

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