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    Copy / Duplicate a measures from the field well

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    Mark Walter on 08 Jan 2018 01:31:00

    In the field well I would find it very useful to be able to right click over an existing measure and copy/duplicate measure in order to quickly create a modified version of the original measure.

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    Bob Powell on 22 May 2023 17:05:05

    RE: Copy / Duplicate a measures from the field well

    Let's take this a step further. I have used a control system programming interface where you can copy an entire folder in the programming view or visual in the GUI interface. When you paste, you have the option to "Paste Special" and under "Paste Special" you have a "Search and Replace" option.In the case of Power BI, Let's say I create a table called "Measures_Month" where I make a number of measures like "Months Total", "ACD Calls Month", "NonACD Calls Month" and "Average Calls Month", etc.Once I have made my all of Month measures and used them in my "Month" visuals, I would like to be able to copy the entire "_Measures Month" table and then right-click the white space in the Data field and select "Paste Special/Search and Replace". From there I would be presented with a standard Microsoft Search and Replace window where I could search for "Month" and replace it with "Day" inTable NameMeasure NameIndividual MeasuresNow I would have a _Measures Day table with "Days Total", "ACD Calls Day", "NonACD Calls Day" and "Average Calls Day", etc.Sure there will be some measures that may not paste exactly how I want them but I bet most would and what time saver that would be!

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    LISA SANDERS on 04 Aug 2021 13:40:45

    RE: Copy / Duplicate a measures from the field well

    Vote on this item here as well... https://ideas.powerbi.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=002a6710-53f6-44c0-96d9-5a87727bb59b

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    Zahra Zakiani on 23 May 2021 11:54:17

    RE: Copy / Duplicate a measures from the field well

    Totally agreed. We really need this feature.

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    on 19 Apr 2021 17:12:17

    RE: Copy / Duplicate a measures from the field well

    It would nice to have the option to duplicate an existing measure (include formatting) and copy/paste the format of a measure (like Format Painter).

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    Emma Morales Diaz on 07 Apr 2021 18:29:29

    RE: Copy / Duplicate a measures from the field well

    How many more votes do we need?

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    Mzolisi Njokweni on 05 Mar 2021 12:25:46

    RE: Copy / Duplicate a measures from the field well

    Please make this feature available...

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    Arjan Habers on 04 Mar 2021 09:38:36

    RE: Copy / Duplicate a measures from the field well

    Pretty please with sugar on top make this possible, would save me so much time...

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    Michael Comer on 10 Dec 2020 14:35:11

    RE: Copy / Duplicate a measures from the field well

    Please

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    B Mans on 23 Sep 2020 12:52:45

    RE: Copy / Duplicate a measures from the field well

    there is a similar thread with almost 1000 votes, as is mentioned below. Can this be merged with: Duplicate Measure and Format Copy.

    And can this be fixed? I would imagine many users would use this frequently, including me.

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    Erica Dyson on 05 Aug 2020 05:49:22

    RE: Copy / Duplicate a measures from the field well

    Yes.. we would like right click, duplicate measure option. Please!!

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