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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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ef6b1a8e af26-4986-bf5d-0a2f24c1c805 on 05 Jul 2020 23:25:20

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

How could copy not be enabled in power BI? This is a critical problem and I am shocked by the lack of support.

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db3673c3 b6ca-4521-a7a0-c2c95d5847fa on 05 Jul 2020 23:24:41

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HI when will this be available? I need to be able to present the charts and am prevented from doing so.

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f08dd8a1 aaaf-449b-840d-bd9cc9108ce0 on 05 Jul 2020 23:23:37

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I'm switching to Tableau soon if you don't fix this Microsoft!

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ae6409bd fb9e-49e7-9474-363167d0b8e2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:23:37

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

Agreed that this is CRITICAL and needs to be able to be row specific. Even if this was only turned on for a couple of visualizations (or types of visualizations) it would be helpful. Doesn't necessarily need to be universal to start.

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dc818cae f71a-44ff-8c96-efab6f77784c on 05 Jul 2020 23:21:30

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Agreed its a pain to show the visualization and not be able to copy data over

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5e8ccc2f 2d3f-48ca-af59-82b351abaa7b on 05 Jul 2020 23:21:27

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Adding my voice to the chorus. And if you right click on a data table row, a menu pops up already. It just doesn't include a "Copy Row" or "Copy Field" option.

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1af389aa 17c3-e811-a974-000d3a1be90a on 05 Jul 2020 23:21:15

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This would be very useful. Not all users need to export data to interact with it. This is a key ask on my current D365 project.

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3f846cc5 7aef-4182-941b-5aa964704a3a on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:38

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Any idea of when it is going to be ready? I agree with other comments that it is basic functionlity to copy what is in one cell or visual to the clipboard

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fe7a78db a073-4074-aacf-55ceb212fe6e on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:54

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Should not be hard to add simple ctrlc to at least tables. Come on its been 4 years

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59994bfe f9cb-4f3d-88ff-f625be0e1b42 on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:38

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We need to be able to highlight cell contents from a Power BI table/matrix visual and copy the contents to the clipboard.