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Error when using the Duplicate Dashboard function
I'm a bit late with a status report, but there is good news. The dashboard copy function is working reliably in 2020.
One pragmatic note: my workaround was to simply pin each tile from the source dashboard to the "backup" dashboard, one at a time. Realistically, there are rarely more than a dozen tiles on a dashboard.
I do find it annoying there is no native backup capability, nor a versioning function. As a developer, a great deal of my time involves making mistakes, I just don't know when or where until they happen <g>
One of things I suspect is these KPI controls are all connected to a Power BI datasource, cached mode. This is the first time I've used the KPI control and the first time relying on a Power BI datasource. The data source is refreshed from Azure SQL Database, which is going well and probably not relevant.
Do you find this syndrome with other controls?
I tested it from scratch:
- Created a new App Workspace (new kind of workspaces - in preview)
- Added a dashboard
- Added a tile (just a Text box) to the dashboard
- Clicked "Duplicate dashboard". Got a message "Error duplicating dashboard"
No datasets, no reports. Only a newly created dashboard with a text box tile.
The problem is still there as of today 2/13/2019.
The only difference is that you get a confirmation message telling you the copy succeeded.
It does, in the sense you get a new "copy" of the dashboard.
But it is EMPTY.
I have the same issue in a new App Workspace (Preview). Any updates?
My update: the problem persists.
My problem was resolved a few weeks ago. Just tried to copy a dashboard again and it seems to be working.
The problem still persists on my end
Necro'ing this thread. I'm experiencing the exact issue mentioned in this discussion. Did anyone come up with a solution or probable cause?
Darn, that's disappointing to hear. Sounds like the issue has changed slightly for you. I'm still getting the couldn't be duplicated message.
I'm a bit late with a status report, but there is good news. The dashboard copy function is working reliably in 2020.
One pragmatic note: my workaround was to simply pin each tile from the source dashboard to the "backup" dashboard, one at a time. Realistically, there are rarely more than a dozen tiles on a dashboard.
I do find it annoying there is no native backup capability, nor a versioning function. As a developer, a great deal of my time involves making mistakes, I just don't know when or where until they happen <g>
