Tableau: is there a clean way to print out an embedded visualization? -
i've started embedding tableau visualizations on websites , come across issue printing them straight control + p in browser. come out distorted, if @ all. did digging , found known issue:
the tableau community manager in above forum posts noted static image shifts visualization upon mouse rollover option, still wouldn't solve printing issues if user did action noodle around chart, printed page.
i noted export feature in toolbar @ bottom of embed, fear may obscure or non-obvious users.
have folks in stack overflow community discovered non-clunky way of handling issue? sage advice appreciated.
one tip might useful (or other situations) can tell tableau server return static png image or pdf file instead of dynamic visualization.
if don't need interactivity, png nice because faster. still dynamically generated on server, delivered static image. if want tableau generated chart display on used web page, might want consider png option.
to this, put string .pdf before ? mark in url, such http://www.mytableauserver.com/this/that/myfancyview.png?:someoption=y&:someotheroption=n
you can ask pdf file way specifying .pdf instead of .png format.
this may or may not printing issue, i'd expect pngs , pdfs tend print more uniformly across different environments.
not sure why tableau wants colons before url arguments, ruby developer got carried away.
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