Export a paginated report to an image file (Report Builder)
Applies to: Microsoft Report Builder (SSRS) Power BI Report Builder Report Designer in SQL Server Data Tools
The Image rendering extension renders a paginated report to a bitmap or metafile. By default, the Image rendering extension produces a TIFF file of the report, which can be viewed in multiple pages. When the client receives the image, it can be displayed in an image viewer and printed. This article provides Image renderer-specific information and describes exceptions to the rendering rules.
The Image rendering extension can generate files in any of the formats supported by GDI+: BMP, EMF, EMFPlus, GIF, JPEG, PNG, and TIFF. For TIFF format, the file name of the primary stream is ReportName.tif
. For all other formats, which render as a single page per file, the file name is ReportName_Page.ext
where .ext
is the file extension for the chosen format. To produce a file in another Image-supported format, specify any of the above listed strings in the OutputFormatDeviceInfo setting.
Note
You can create and modify paginated report definition (.rdl) files in Microsoft Report Builder, Power BI Report Builder, and in Report Designer in SQL Server Data Tools.
Supported image formats
The following table shows the file extension and MimeType for each Image renderer format.
Type | Extension | MIMEType |
---|---|---|
BMP | bmp | image/bmp |
GIF | gif | image/gif |
JPEG | jpeg | image/jpeg |
PNG | png | image/png |
TIFF | tif | image/tiff |
EMF | emf | image/emf |
EMFPlus | emf | image/emf |
Render multiple pages
TIFF is the only format that supports multiple page documents in a single file. Other formats, such as JPG or PNG, output one page at a time and require a separate call to the rendering extension for each page.
Interactivity
Interactivity isn't supported in any Image formats generated by this renderer. The following interactive elements aren't rendered:
Hyperlinks
Show or Hide
Document Map
Drillthrough or clickthrough links
End user sort
Fixed headers
Bookmarks
Device information settings
You can change some default settings for this renderer by changing the device information settings. For more information, see Image device information settings.