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Marco57
Helper III
5 years ago

BUG Clone visual API does not create independent visual

Hello all,   I need to clone an existing empty visual instead of creating a new one as we are limited on what we can customize as visual properties from the API side (can't change data color for in...
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Marco57
Helper III
5 years ago

Anonymous 

Thanks for the follow up.

 

I understand there are no means/workaround to duplicate a visual and edit it by our means except when this editing concerns filtered content/layout.

 

Well this is awfully limiting its usage, on the desktop you can simply do ctrl+c, ctrl+v and with the full API this is even not possible.

 

Thanks.

Rgds,

Marc.

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Anonymous
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5 years ago

Hi Marco57,

Yes, current APIs not released some interfaces so they may limit the advanced operations and usages.
Maybe you can submit the idea to add more features that allow advanced operations with API and power bi contents.
Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng