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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 18 Mar 2022 04:20:35

    March 2022 Update: We are looking into this

    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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    Nils Vagabond on 05 Jul 2020 23:23:37

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

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

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    D. Lievense 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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    Charlie on 05 Jul 2020 23:21:30

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

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

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    Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:21:27

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

    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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    Cameron Caudill on 05 Jul 2020 23:21:15

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

    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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    Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:38

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

    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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    Karol on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:54

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

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

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    Jyri Mustola on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:38

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

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

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    Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:14

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

    Issue pending since February 12, 2015 06:07 , not expected from Microsoft !! Pathetic ..

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    Hannah Wilder on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:13

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

    Any update on this one? Would make my user's lives so much easier.