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Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

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Brett Gerhardi on 24 May 2016 16:44:02

Often we need to expand on an idea from one report further and copy and paste visuals/pages from one PBIX to another. This would be a huge productivity and quality benefit.

Administrator on 17 Nov 2018 01:54:09

We are excited to announce that this shipped in our November update of PBI Desktop: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-november-2018-feature-summary/#copyPaste For those asking, it will be included in the next version of Power BI Desktop for Report Server as well.

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5b774ec9 6256-405b-b323-661c23075584 on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:16

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

I totally agree with this requirement. If we have this reuqirement, we can save lot of our development time. Eg I have two different pbix files, now I want to merger those two pbix files into one file, right now there is no such option. We need an option to copy and paste it in a other .pbix file like there is an option in excel workbook to copy or create the eixsting sheet to another excel workbook. Hope we can see this feature soon.

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4348d764 7348-421d-8de5-99d8c44ae3a9 on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:48

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

I´d like to see this functionality enable...

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56ebedb2 cca9-4cc3-8f7d-00cc0c2f0ecb on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:09

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

This seems like basic functionality that's missing. I was really surprised when I couldn't copy a visual from one pbix to another, and now I have to RECREATE IT.

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287499e5 d822-4ed1-9885-5886a36ef8c0 on 05 Jul 2020 22:35:59

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

We need this functionality to be able to support a true modular approach for our corporate report development.

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1a0abe4e 0d99-44ef-96d9-367d74178b48 on 05 Jul 2020 22:35:49

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

Me too

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86a234d5 1aca-e711-8119-c4346bb5988c on 05 Jul 2020 22:35:35

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

This idea would be extraordinarily helpful and increase productivity as it would allow multiple users to work on different pages of .pbix files.

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48a965ed 070d-48ba-b4b0-a327f17c9a67 on 05 Jul 2020 22:35:15

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

It's amazing how many frequently used features Power BI lacks

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aa68c918 1948-4b0b-bc24-c17ea0d05b4c on 05 Jul 2020 22:34:52

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

Since we're going to be changing our data sources for our visualizations from our data warehouse to a tabular model, we're going to have to re-create everything. Having the ability to copy & paste from one pbix file to another would make this already tedious & time-consuming task a little easier.

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44996ca5 9167-47b1-a7bd-0cc2b4214df7 on 05 Jul 2020 22:34:50

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

Yes! Would use these feature often.

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f654e47d 3a0e-4c1d-bee9-dd8a04971db7 on 05 Jul 2020 22:34:05

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

In my opinion, this is an absolutely critical feature. Every Microsoft product has copy/paste and I expected this one to have it, too. Not having this would be a show stopper for me if I were the decision-maker.