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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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Thomas Krekling on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:39

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

Whats the point og having an ideas site with voting? Og guess the intention is to listen to the users, but this issue i sin fact two years old, with over 2600 votes. I have experienced in some other issues a great latency inn replies,if any, from microsoft/power bi team. If you want to engage and interact with your users, please Step ut up

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:39

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

I voted for it!

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:34

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

I vote Yes!

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Bruno Mass on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:29

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

Really Microsoft? Qlikview and Tableau have this functionality for a long time now. It shouldn't be difficult if you develop correctly...

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:27

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

This would be valuable in our business. Merging top-level aspects of multiple pbix files would allow a master/parent pbix but without the fine detail/complexity within its children. For example, an engineering dept, finance dept, purchasing dept could create their own complex pbix but a director could have a parent pbix for top-level KPI’s. I imaging this as analogous to the way Project handles thus equivalent situation.

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Anon on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:26

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

Copy and pasting between different pbix files would be very helpful. Currently we have to recreate everything in the same pbix.

Also sharing differend datasource across pbix would be helpfull for more single consolidated reports when base data models exists already in other reports

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Simon on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:03

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

If the Tabular Editor - which is developed by a single person - can easily do this, then I'm sure it's not that hard for the Power BI team to implement!

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Power BI Ideas Admin on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:02

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

How about to make it possible for "Format Painter" first? Copy&paste visual from one file to another doesn't make very much sense unless they share same data model (with measures used in that visual) Right?

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:18:45

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

Very critical ant a true efficiency gain. I am with others in that we can fix the errors if any exist.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:18:44

RE: Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

Really need this to be put in priority list