diff --git a/edvart/report.py b/edvart/report.py
index 0634ce2..4ac2c24 100755
--- a/edvart/report.py
+++ b/edvart/report.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import base64
 import logging
+import os
 import pickle
 import warnings
 from abc import ABC
 from copy import copy
+from enum import Enum, auto
 from typing import List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import isort
@@ -35,6 +37,14 @@ class EmptyReportWarning(UserWarning):
     """Warning raised when a report contains no sections."""
 
 
+class ExportDataMode(Enum):
+    """Data export mode for the report."""
+
+    NONE = auto()
+    FILE = auto()
+    EMBED = auto()
+
+
 class ReportBase(ABC):
     """
     Abstract base class for reports.
@@ -55,6 +65,8 @@ class ReportBase(ABC):
         "import plotly.io as pio",
     }
 
+    _DEFAULT_LOAD_DATA_CODE = "df = ...  # TODO: Fill in code for loading data"
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         dataframe: pd.DataFrame,
@@ -84,27 +96,69 @@ def show(self) -> None:
         for section in self.sections:
             section.show(self.df)
 
+    def _export_data(
+        self, export_data_mode: ExportDataMode, notebook_file_path: Union[str, os.PathLike]
+    ) -> Tuple[str, List[str]]:
+        """
+        Generates code for loading exported data into the exported notebook.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        export_data_mode : ExportDataMode
+            The mode of exporting the data.
+        notebook_file_path : str or PathLike
+            Filepath of the exported notebook.
+
+        -------
+        Tuple[str, List[str]]
+            A tuple containing the code for loading the data and a list of imports required for
+            the code.
+        """
+        if export_data_mode == ExportDataMode.NONE:
+            return self._DEFAULT_LOAD_DATA_CODE, []
+        if export_data_mode == ExportDataMode.FILE:
+            parquet_file_name = str(notebook_file_path).rstrip(".ipynb") + "-data.parquet"
+            self.df.to_parquet(parquet_file_name)
+            return f"df = pd.read_parquet('{parquet_file_name}')", ["import pandas as pd"]
+        assert export_data_mode == ExportDataMode.EMBED
+        buffer = base64.b85encode(self.df.to_parquet())
+        return (
+            code_dedent(
+                f"""
+                df_parquet = BytesIO(base64.b85decode({buffer}.decode()))
+                df = pd.read_parquet(df_parquet)"""
+            ),
+            ["import base64", "import pandas as pd", "from io import BytesIO"],
+        )
+
     def export_notebook(
         self,
-        notebook_filepath: str,
+        notebook_filepath: Union[str, os.PathLike],
         dataset_name: str = "[INSERT DATASET NAME]",
         dataset_description: str = "[INSERT DATASET DESCRIPTION]",
+        export_data_mode: ExportDataMode = ExportDataMode.EMBED,
     ) -> None:
         """Exports the report as an .ipynb file.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        notebook_filepath : str
+        notebook_filepath : str or PathLike
             Filepath of the exported notebook.
         dataset_name : str (default = "[INSERT DATASET NAME]")
             Name of dataset to be used in the title of the report.
         dataset_description : str (default = "[INSERT DATASET DESCRIPTION]")
             Description of dataset to be used below the title of the report.
         """
+        load_data_code, load_data_imports = self._export_data(
+            export_data_mode, notebook_file_path=notebook_filepath
+        )
         # Generate a notebook containing dataset name and description
         self._warn_if_empty()
         nb = self._generate_notebook(
-            dataset_name=dataset_name, dataset_description=dataset_description
+            dataset_name=dataset_name,
+            dataset_description=dataset_description,
+            load_df=load_data_code,
+            extra_imports=load_data_imports,
         )
 
         # Save notebook to file
@@ -113,9 +167,9 @@ def export_notebook(
 
     def _generate_notebook(
         self,
+        load_df: str,
         dataset_name: str = "[INSERT DATASET NAME]",
         dataset_description: str = "[INSERT DATASET DESCRIPTION]",
-        load_df: str = "df = ...",
         extra_imports: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         show_load_data: bool = True,
     ) -> nbf.NotebookNode:
diff --git a/tests/test_report.py b/tests/test_report.py
index 808f4b2..bb5b8a6 100644
--- a/tests/test_report.py
+++ b/tests/test_report.py
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
+import pathlib
 import warnings
 from contextlib import redirect_stdout
 
+import nbconvert
+import nbformat
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 
-from edvart.report import DefaultReport, Report
+from edvart.report import DefaultReport, ExportDataMode, Report
 from edvart.report_sections.bivariate_analysis import BivariateAnalysis
 from edvart.report_sections.section_base import Verbosity
 from edvart.report_sections.univariate_analysis import UnivariateAnalysis
@@ -90,3 +93,17 @@ def test_show():
         warnings.simplefilter("ignore", UserWarning)
         with redirect_stdout(None):
             report.show()
+
+
+def test_exported_notebook_executes(tmp_path: pathlib.Path):
+    report = Report(dataframe=_get_test_df())
+
+    report.add_overview()
+    export_path = tmp_path / "test_notebook_export.ipynb"
+    for export_data_mode in (ExportDataMode.EMBED, ExportDataMode.FILE):
+        report.export_notebook(export_path, export_data_mode=export_data_mode)
+
+    notebook = nbformat.read(export_path, as_version=4)
+    preprocessor = nbconvert.preprocessors.ExecutePreprocessor(timeout=60)
+
+    preprocessor.preprocess(notebook)