Exporting Bold BI Dashboards to PDF with Custom size

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When exporting dashboards to PDF format in Bold BI, some widgets—particularly cards with multiple categories—might not appear completely in the exported document. This can be problematic for those who require detailed reports on a regular basis.

Enabling Custom Size PDF Export

To address this issue, you can enable the CustomSizePDFExport feature in the appSettings.json file. This file is located in the following path:

installationPath:\BoldServices\bi\dataservice

Steps to Enable Custom Size PDF Export

Open the appSettings.json file in a text editor.
Locate the CustomSizePDFExport option.
Set the value to true:
```
"CustomSizePDFExport": "true"
```

Save the changes to the file.

The CustomSizePDFExport feature supports only A4 page size. If you wish to restrict other page sizes from being displayed in the user interface, you can do so via the properties section of the application settings.

Example:

Below are examples of a dashboard export before and after enabling the CustomSizePDFExport option:

Before the CustomSizePDFExport option is enabled: Widget contents may be incomplete or misaligned in the PDF export.

After the CustomSizePDFExport option is enabled: All content, particularly from widgets with multiple categories, appears fully and neatly organized in the exported document.

This is only applicable for horizontal orientation. Currently, vertical orientation is not supported.

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Written by Gayathri Ravichandran

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