KB286713: New feature in MicroStrategy 10.3 Secure Enterprise Platform: HTML tag rendering in PDF exports

Starting with Strategy 10.3 Secure Enterprise Platform, embedded HTML tags in text fields and HTML containers can be rendered when exporting from Report Services Documents or Visual Insight dashboards to PDF.  The following HTML tags are supported:

• Font Name
• Font size
• Font color
• Paragraph style <p> (Normal, H1, H2 etc. headers)
• Font style (bold, italic, underline)
• Align text (left, center, right, justify)
• Indenting
• Outdenting
• Emphasized text <em>
• Important text <strong>

 
This feature is not enabled by default.  To enable this feature, a registry edit is required.  Users should be sure to make a backup of the Windows registry or MSIReg.reg file before performing any modifications.
 
For Windows environments (including Strategy Intelligence Server and Strategy Desktop):
 
1. Stop the Strategy Intelligence Server (or Desktop application)
2. Open the Windows Registry Editor
3. Add a new key "Export Engine" at:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\MicroStrategy\DSS Suite

 
4. Add a new DWORD called "Support HTML Tag" with a value of 1 to the new key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\MicroStrategy\DSS Suite\Export Engine

5. Save and close the registry.
6. Start the Strategy Intelligence Server (or Desktop application)
 

 
For Linux/UNIX environments (Strategy Intelligence Server only):
 
1. Stop the Strategy Intelligence Server
2. Open the MSIReg.reg file in a text editor (this file is located in the <MSTR_HOME> folder; /var/opt/MicroStrategy/ by default)
3. Locate the following entry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MicroStrategy\DSS Suite\Enterprise Manager]

 
4. Add a new entry below the existing [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MicroStrategy\DSS Suite\Enterprise Manager] entry as follows:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MicroStrategy\DSS Suite\Export Engine]
"Support HTML Tag"=dword:00000001

5. Save and close the MSIReg.reg file
6. Start the Strategy Intelligence Server
 

 
Registry Modification:
WARNING:
Modifying registry values incorrectly may cause serious, system-wide problems that may require the re-installation of Microsoft Windows or Strategy installations on UNIX/Linux operating systems. Any edit of the registry is done at the user's own risk. Since these are user-initiated changes, they are not covered by any Strategy warranty. If using Microsoft Windows NT, the user should backup the registry and/or update an Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) prior to alterations.