Allow copy and paste between different PBIX's

[bgerhardi]

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.

[kishore_pvk]

I totally agree with this requirement. If we have this reuqirement, we can save lot of our development time. Eg I have two different pbix files, now I want to merger those two pbix files into one file, right now there is no such option. We need an option to copy and paste it in a other .pbix file like there is an option in excel workbook to copy or create the eixsting sheet to another excel workbook. Hope we can see this feature soon.

[raul_martin1]

It will be very useful

[joell1]

As others are saying, there's a fundamental problem when the data model and report definition are both required to be maintained in a single PBIX file. There have to be better ways to manage reports and data models that change over time.

[jpoudou]

I second that it should not be complicated if we are using different reports connected to the same SSAS server. there is no data dependency issues in this case.

[daveroberts1]

This is an essential feature. Just found myself with a number of developmental files that I now need to merge - but I find that I have to re-create part of this work in the other files! One file has a number of complicated calculated columns that I'd like to re-use without having to start with a copy of the file.

[alexh6]

I agree with Scott. Being able to copy and paste tabs between .pbix files with the same data model would be extremely helpful. Having this ability really is critical for change management between different versions of .pbix files as updates are made. I would be able to live with this ability being limited to .pbix files that share a common data model.

[Mychele_Odell]

If copy/paste isn't feasible, then the ability to import a page from another PBIX would be a good workaround.

[fbcideas_migusr]

We dont want all the bells and whistles at this point in time. We can have a limited functionality where the developer knows that the data source in two pbix is identical. Otherwise for large reports with 30-40 sheets it is impossible to distribute the work to different people and get faster results for the end customer. Sanjay Shah, Prosys InfoTech, Pune, India

[amr_guenena2]

This would be at the top of my wish list

[patrick_booth]

Is a potential compromise to reduce complexity by expressly stating and assuming (to cut / paste visuals etc) that all data tables / relationships / measures between the two pbix files in question are IDENTICAL ?