Print Screen Dashboard (please)!

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01-04-2023 06:07 AM
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Charlie_Kaufman
New Contributor III

I will add my voice to the growing voices asking for this feature.  The ability to be able to "print screen" directly from my Esri Dashboards has become one of the main asks in my organization for record keeping and decision making purposes.  

5 Comments
jcarlson

Your users know that basically every OS comes with a good screenshot tool nowadays, right? The built-in "print" tools tend to be pretty poor, too, as they try to shoehorn everything into a 8.5 x 11 page with margins. I haven't seen a built-in print tool that does better than just screenshotting it myself.

Charlie_Kaufman

@jcarlson Well yes, we can all use the "snip" tool, but that is not very quick or easy to do while you are briefing decision makers.  Since there have been posts on this topic that I have found as far back as 2013 I thought it was safe to keep pushing Esri to perhaps listen to their users.

jcarlson

The "print" widget that was finally added to Experience Builder recently doesn't give me much hope for a good, functional solution. It may be faster to just figure out a custom solution that meets your particular users' needs.

We have a few datasets that some users routinely need in specific, printable formats, so we just use a custom Python script that is triggered by an API call they make when they click on a "generate report" button. Takes time to develop, but not as much time as you'll end up waiting on an official tool.

NathanEnge

I added a Print Preview button to my ArcGIS Dashboard. 


Steps:

  • Blank Screen ExB
  • Embed 100% sized Dashboard via URL
  • Add Button widget to the ExB
  • Set Button Action to Print Preview

 

Adi_Lebron

@NathanEnge  This is genius, has it's quirks but definitely a work around to getting a Dashboard Print tool. Thanks for sharing!