Interacting with paginated reports in Amazon QuickSight - Amazon QuickSight
Exporting and printing reports

Interacting with paginated reports in Amazon QuickSight

To access a paginated report that you've been invited to share, follow the instructions in the invitation email. You can also access a paginated report if it's embedded into an application or website that you already have access to. When you open the report, the screen should look something like the following example.

Dashboard showing attendance statistics with a table of data for various room types and dates.

To fit the paginated report to your screen, open the View menu at upper right and select Fit to window. You can also zoom in and out using the plus (+) and minus (-) icons on the top left corner of the report.

Zoom controls showing plus and minus icons for adjusting page view size.

Exporting and printing reports

Paginated reports are designed to be viewed from a specific point of time. These reports, or snapshots, can be printed or downloaded as a PDF or CSV.

To export a paginated report report as a PDF

  1. From the paginated report that you want to export, choose the Export icon at the top right.

  2. Choose Generate PDF.

    File menu expanded showing options including Publish, Share, and Export to PDF.

  3. When you choose Generate PDF, QuickSight will begin preparing the paginated report for download. When the report is ready, a green pop up will appear that says Your PDF is ready.

    Pop-up notification indicating "Working on your PDF file" with a "VIEW EXPORTS" button.

  4. There are two ways to download your report:

    • Choose DOWNLOAD NOW in the green pop-up.

      Pop-up notification indicating PDF is ready with a Download button.

    • Choose the Export icon at the top right, and then choose View downloads to view and download every report that is ready to download.

      File menu expanded showing Exports option highlighted, with Exports panel displaying Sheet 1 details.
To export a paginated report as a CSV

  1. From the report that you want to export, choose the Scheduling icon at the top right, and then choose Recent snapshots.

    Dropdown menu showing "Recent snapshots" option and clock icon in the interface header.

  2. In the Recent snapshots menu that appears on the right, snapshots are sorted from most recently generated to the oldest. Snapshots are stored for up to 1 year. Find the report that you want to download and choose the download icon to the right of the report.

  3. In the report pop-up that appears, choose the download icon next to the version of the report that you want to doenload. You can choose to download the report as a CSV, or you can download the report as a PDF.

    Pop-up window showing downloadable Weekly Schedule report in PDF and CSV formats.
To print a paginated report

  1. From the report that you want to pring, choose the Export icon at the top right, and then choose Print.

    Export icon dropdown menu with Print and Generate PDF options.

  2. When you choose Print, your browser's printer pop-up appears. From here, you can print the PDF the same way you would print anything else on your browser.

    Invoice details and print options dialog for saving as PDF or printing the document.