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      Dashboard exports breaking layout when sent as PDF or Excel? Report Studio is built to fix that, without leaving Sisense
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      Posted Aug 9, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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      Pixel-perfect design and reporting for Sisense, a review of available options
                                                                                                                                               

      If you manage Sisense, you've had some version of this conversation: someone asks for a report that actually looks like a finished document, not a dashboard screenshot with the edges cut off. There are more ways to solve this than most admins realize, and each one solves a different piece of the problem. A quick rundown: Native PDF export - zero setup, but the layout is whatever the dashboard happens to produce. No control over page breaks, no way to add narrative text, and pivot tables cut off at the edge of the screen. Sisense Report Manager - solid scheduling and delivery, but it's still exporting the dashboard as-is. No design layer, no multi-dashboard composition. Jasper Reports - genuinely pixel-perfect for table and pivot widgets specifically, if you have developer resource to build and maintain JRXML templates. Doesn't touch charts or KPI widgets. SAP Crystal Reports via ODBC - full design control, but it pulls your data out of Sisense entirely to do it, which is a real consideration if data residency matters to you. Where this leaves most teams: something that handles scheduling, or something that handles pixel-perfect tabular data, but not both, and rarely anything that lets you design a report as its own document rather than a dashboard export. That's the gap QBeeQ Report Studio is built for: a canvas inside Sisense where you design the report as a report - pulling from multiple dashboards if you need to, with full control over layout, brand, and every widget on the page. Report Studio Deliver , our scheduled distribution layer, is coming in beta this month. For the full breakdown with a side-by-side comparison table, here's the complete write-up .

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      Tired of stacking indicator widgets? There's a better way.
                                                       

      If you've ever found yourself stacking indicator widget after indicator widget just to show a handful of KPIs, you're not alone. It's a common dashboard design (and performance) frustration, and it's exactly what the KPI Card from QBeeQ was built to solve. What is the KPI Card? The KPI Card is a free, partner-supported plugin from QBeeQ that provides an alternative to the native indicator widget, but with a lot more flexibility. Where Sisense's built-in indicator is limited to one primary and one secondary metric, the KPI Card lets you consolidate multiple metrics, trend indicators, and time-series sparklines into a single compact widget. The result is cleaner dashboards, less cognitive overload, and more context for your end users without adding more widgets. What it can do Feature Description Multiple Metrics Display primary and secondary values together in one widget Trend Indicators Up/down icons with conditional color formatting to show direction at a glance Sparklines Embed mini line, area, or bar charts directly in the widget — no separate chart needed Tooltips Hover over any sparkline point to surface deeper data instantly Click-to-Filter Click a data point or drag a range to filter your entire dashboard Jump-to-Dashboard Link directly to a related dashboard from a primary value or sparkline data point Full Color Customization Match your dashboard's branding with per-value color control and conditional formatting A few use cases where it shines Sales & revenue tracking — Show revenue, growth %, and a monthly trend sparkline in one card Operations dashboards — Monitor multiple performance metrics side-by-side without the clutter Finance reporting — Surface current period values alongside prior period comparisons and directional trends Embedded analytics — Give end users more context in less space, especially in tighter dashboard layouts Before and after The top row uses the native Sisense indicator chart and displays the primary and secondary metrics.  The bottom row uses the KPI Card to show the same metrics, plus additional context using sparklines, trend metrics, trend icons, and Jump to Dashboard It's free — part of the QBeeQ Starter PowerUp The KPI Card is included in QBeeQ's Starter PowerUp , a free bundle of 10 plugins built specifically for Sisense. It's available at no cost and is actively maintained and supported by the QBeeQ team. 👉 Get the free Starter PowerUp   🔗 KPI Card Marketplace Listing   📄 KPI Card Documentation   Have questions or want to share how you're using it? Drop a comment below! 

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