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Copy/paste the data behind the visual in Power BI to other applications

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Mey Meenakshisundaram on 11 Nov 2014 09:19:41

I can copy the visual either as image or data table and paste it in other applications.

Administrator on 10 Jul 2020 16:04:38

We recently released the ability to export data from tiles and visuals to a CSV file. This may work for y'all as a workaround until we add the ability to directly copy and paste the visual or data. You can read more about it here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powerbi/archive/2016/01/06/power-bi-service-update-0106.aspx#exportTile. Be sure to let us know what you think about the feature!

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8e39b048 cf21-4844-b28b-fbe4a10e087b on 05 Jul 2020 22:31:47

RE: Copy/paste the data behind the visual in Power BI to other applications

Does that still mean that we cannot copy and paste the charts and graphs from Power BI Desktop to a PowerPoint or Word?

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c440ff72 8266-4da8-88ca-c0f051f1ca7e on 05 Jul 2020 22:30:45

RE: Copy/paste the data behind the visual in Power BI to other applications

Exporting the data to CSV in order to just get the data for a single cell (or subset) is not a good work around.

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5dd7c94a a927-4ebe-a1ca-7ba1c14aebb4 on 05 Jul 2020 22:30:26

RE: Copy/paste the data behind the visual in Power BI to other applications

What he said...

Anonymous commented · July 07, 2016 12:47 · Flag as inappropriate
The export-function is very unhandy for this, since it exports all underlying data. If you implement the copy-function, please adjust it so that it only copies the displayed values. Furthermore, in case of a table for example, the structure of the table should be copied as well - not simply all the underlying data.

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89835596 927c-4c17-bb56-84b9a52ba1a3 on 05 Jul 2020 22:28:57

RE: Copy/paste the data behind the visual in Power BI to other applications

Do you know when this will be coming out?

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1a9cdab9 9fe1-4d2e-a1d9-85da77f5e651 on 05 Jul 2020 22:26:15

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By any chance is there an ETA for this?

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6ac2e7cf 22d9-43b7-aa7b-5be45d890f48 on 05 Jul 2020 22:25:39

RE: Copy/paste the data behind the visual in Power BI to other applications

I'm getting resistance from users due to this gap in the product. If they have to export the data in order to copy a Reference (i.e. job number / ticket id etc), they will then export all the data and filter it in Excel as they are used to doing, rather than drill through it and interact with it in Power BI to get to the data they want.

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d4cc66e5 4c14-4ed6-b58b-da4da887e08a on 05 Jul 2020 22:25:18

RE: Copy/paste the data behind the visual in Power BI to other applications

The export-function is very unhandy for this, since it exports all underlying data. If you implement the copy-function, please adjust it so that it only copies the displayed values. Furthermore, in case of a table for example, the structure of the table should be copied as well - not simply all the underlying data.

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4e748d2e 7b10-4cf6-aead-e3b67772f2e2 on 05 Jul 2020 22:23:31

RE: Copy/paste the data behind the visual in Power BI to other applications

This is a MUST have!

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68d52e69 f8e3-44ff-bf9e-51c139419187 on 05 Jul 2020 22:20:58

RE: Copy/paste the data behind the visual in Power BI to other applications

This is really a nice ID. Copy/paste feature could enhance the possibilities of PowerBi, being a program not only for reporting or showing information, but also a powerful tool for helping other teammates in daily work.
Regards,

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4e2ed990 e62a-4956-94cf-e2ae7078a9e9 on 05 Jul 2020 22:16:38

RE: Copy/paste the data behind the visual in Power BI to other applications

This is important but need to go together with better formatting options for charts. The charts now are not usable in reports as they can not be formatted well enough. Not only paste but paste link will be important.