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Ability to move/copy report/dashboards between Group Workspaces

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IDosSantos on 20 Jul 2016 00:36:45

Be able to copy or move reports and dashboards between Group Workspaces, removing the need to re-publish a report and/or rebuild a dashboard.

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:57:26

RE: Ability to move/copy report/dashboards between Group Workspaces

In addition to the 'Save a copy' option now available on the Reports screen within a Workspace (thanks @DBA for pointing this out, we hadn't noticed it) ... users should be prompted to select which workspace they want to save to when doing 'Save as...' from within a report, defaulting to the current workspace but allowing them to choose personal or other group workspaces

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2ac8871c 8872-ea11-a811-000d3a579c38 on 05 Jul 2020 23:54:37

RE: Ability to move/copy report/dashboards between Group Workspaces

It looks like Microsoft finally added this feature, but access is not given to the original dataset. I opened a new "idea" here to address this: https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/38253394-copying-reports-should-provide-access-to-dataset

Please go vote!

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316ed83f 40d6-4b28-a6bb-47b7a58253b6 on 05 Jul 2020 23:53:02

RE: Ability to move/copy report/dashboards between Group Workspaces

This is a must have feature! Please implement ASAP.

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5e073cd0 0cb0-4a04-a1ac-39fb68db9383 on 05 Jul 2020 23:52:41

RE: Ability to move/copy report/dashboards between Group Workspaces

My organization employs a very strict change control and approval process for ALL production changes, and a feature like this would be extremely beneficial to us.

With this, we would be able to have separate workspaces for each environment (Dev / UAT / Prod), and through the REST API we could automate the process of promoting reports through the environments and approving releases. Without this, we have no way of doing this without resorting to very manual re-publishing of reports in PBI Desktop.

Please, Microsoft, consider this feature in the short term. We love the feature set of Power BI, and we love its Embedded Analytics capabilities, but the PBI Service is lacking in features that would allow organizations to share reports in a managed and governed way.

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f3e7bce6 6474-4299-8ffa-17acb184b936 on 05 Jul 2020 23:52:07

RE: Ability to move/copy report/dashboards between Group Workspaces

at least add this as a feature in the admin portal to support use of separate workspaces for DEV/UAT/PROD use cases.

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f62caa78 50a4-45fc-bb22-560558e06fa6 on 05 Jul 2020 23:49:41

RE: Ability to move/copy report/dashboards between Group Workspaces

Guys at MC.

Please add this filter. Would save so much time and would remove the need to recreate.

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8b538030 c206-4a27-a3f5-54d098ac0cc6 on 05 Jul 2020 23:44:33

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Has this been added? Please don't let it go to 3 years... It would be a very helpful feature. -A

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0bb40009 4d00-4c86-b47c-28ed06334b4f on 05 Jul 2020 23:43:24

RE: Ability to move/copy report/dashboards between Group Workspaces

Hi, this will be a very useful feature, where reports can be moved from one workspace to another. It will save a lot of time and effort in republishing them with the right dataset and permission.

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791e6ca7 23fd-42a0-bd5e-b30dc270ea62 on 05 Jul 2020 23:40:12

RE: Ability to move/copy report/dashboards between Group Workspaces

Need this especially when organisations go through structural changes and need a quick re-alignment of workspaces and corresponding reports and dashboards, especially when the timescales are demanding - much more efficient than having a total redevelopment

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d457a891 4ba1-42c6-a062-b14c95cb0066 on 05 Jul 2020 23:38:57

RE: Ability to move/copy report/dashboards between Group Workspaces

Very Helpful feature !!!