Ploty does not export an png file after clicking on the camera icon

[BHemming]

I can successfully implement a Plotly visual as an Interactive Power BI Custom Visuals with R (thanks to https://towardsdatascience.com/interactive-power-bi-custom-visuals-with-r-a6a4ac998710).

But when I click on the camera icon to export the visual via "download plot as a png", it says "Snapshop succeeded - newplot.png", but I cannot find that file anywhere on my computer.

I works neither in PowerBi Desktop nor Online, but it works without any problems in R Studio. In R studio the png is saved into my download folder by default and I can also specify the folder via config(fig, toImageButtonOptions = "folder/file.png"), cp. https://plotly.com/r/configuration-options/.

But even this does not help when the plotly camera is clicked within PowerBI.

How can I fix this?

[BHemming]

I must disagree: The topic has been marked as "solved" but it is not solved at all. It only explains that it doesnt work because of the iframe approach. But we still need a solution to make the camera function of plotly work in P.ower BI (and to include R visuals in the Power Bi Service pdf/ppt exports)

[lbendlin]

Do you think one of these limitations applies?

Create Power BI visuals using R - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

Create advanced analytics and visualizations using R scripts - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

[BHemming · Accepted solution]

No. It seems to be an iframe issue, cp. https://github.com/microsoft/PowerBI-visuals-tools/issues/408#issuecomment-1007697640