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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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    0eaa9c6e b450-427b-9be6-f801c6e8687c on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:57

    RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

    To the admin saying this is hard - skip the dependencies, we can add those ourselves. I just need the exact visual and fields.

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    37a0f56d 0c6c-4852-9d0d-721823e14363 on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:46

    RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

    Would really like this to have been done already....without it my task is going to take a lot longer now.

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    0a2bdf95 1750-47b1-a02c-3fb9313d4219 on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:32

    RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

    This is being requested from our users too! Any update on if (or hopefully when!) this will be on a roadmap?

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    81862202 3fff-4590-bcff-536517b73f04 on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:06

    RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

    My colleague and I made the dashboard and then we had to show it for our director. We tried to merge it but unsucessufully ( Could you add this oportunately to this soft?

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    2e6a9168 3553-433e-afcf-4736e8861f17 on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:06

    RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

    please add this soon.
    it was under review since jan17. should be operational by now right?

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    a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:38

    RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

    Totally understand the 'underlying data dependencies' but a simple copy/paste and we'll take care of data dependencies... at least to not have to re-create all visuals from scratch. thanks !!

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    2b86438c d2a1-4213-a745-63b49ab19ece on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:10

    RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

    I completely agree with this. It would save me a lot of time if I could simply copy and paste certain visual "styles" to a new .pbix and simply just change the data it is using in the new report.

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    c44ed1e3 c5d5-4303-b3cf-869964fa6176 on 05 Jul 2020 23:15:38

    RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

    Recreating a visual in a separate report can take tons of time just to get the visual details right (fonts, background, colors, etc). Most times I want to use the same visual backbone to plot different data.

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    fd6038f0 5561-4798-a009-f551694e8212 on 05 Jul 2020 23:15:32

    RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

    this function would be really useful please

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    b150cf51 3ca3-4d8f-9668-815abe041ed5 on 05 Jul 2020 23:15:09

    RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

    Just the basic copying and pasting of text. I can't even copy text and cut into notepad or email.