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Pedro Innecco on 03 Feb 2016 18:56:28

I know that we can now click on the menu of a visual and choose to export data. But what about exporting a screenshot of the visual to clipboard?

I suggest adding the option "copy visual to clipboard" right next to the option to export data from the visual. Here is a screenshot of what I mean: http://postimg.org/image/b2vkq15q9/

Also, perhaps allow users to copy the visual to clipboard by hitting CTRL-C?

My users are in dire need of this functionality because they often copy and paste charts into Word documents and PowerPoint presentations, and not all of them are savvy enough with MS Paint and screenshot capture tools (e.g. Snagit, snip tool, etc).

Administrator on 07 Dec 2020 21:39:14

This was shipped in April - you can now copy a visual as an image in the Service: Announcing: Copy a Visual as an Image | Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI

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Jimmy Chacko on 05 Jul 2020 23:46:44

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It is extremely important to have an option to copy visuals to Word/Excel/PowerPoint. It will will be fantastic if we can have a linked copy of the image.

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Josh on 05 Jul 2020 23:45:36

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We have just started using PowerBI at our organization. Without the ability for our directors to copy the visuals into a report or presentation, I might as well go back to using Excel only.

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Pravallika on 05 Jul 2020 23:45:01

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This is a must have. Other competitive tools do allow this between their own report types atleast.

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Billy Moran on 05 Jul 2020 23:44:38

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I also get this request constantly and I feel not having it drives people away from using the report. They just recreate similar things in Excel so they can easily copy & paste.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:43:49

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This would be a really useful addition to allow single power bi visuals to be copied into word/ppt.

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Ron van Veldhuizen on 05 Jul 2020 23:42:46

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For embracing powerbi within our organisation it would really help if it is made possible to copy visualisations to a management report in WORD.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:41:01

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We would really appreciate this feature.

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Mark Heydon on 05 Jul 2020 23:40:49

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This would be a great enhancement.
I often have to send screenshots of Power BI reports to external parties, which I generally do by snipping a picture into a powerpoint slide. It can be cumbersome to make the snipped image neat. The ability to save the entire report to PPT is useful, but it is very slow and if you only want a slide or two, then copying the slide to the clipboard would be a lot quicker and easier.

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Michael Lindholm on 05 Jul 2020 23:39:56

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Using Power BI for the first time and ran into this issue right away. This should be fixed, now always need to use a screen capture software

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:39:35

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The interesting thing is that this has worked around a year ago...