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antonstam
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9 years ago
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How to select text from table visual

In one of my reports, I'd like to be able to select a cell from the table visual, copy its contents, and paste it somewhere in another window. PowerBI does not allow this, so I have to enter the valu...
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    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    antonstam There is no write back within visuals... you can't look at a dataset, then manually change it. The only way to "write back" to the datasource would be to create a Power App and put that in your dashboard. That is the only means I'm aware of to initiate changes from the Service to the data source.

    If you are just asking about copy from and paste outside of the tool, the answer is still no. But you can click on the '..." on the upper right and "Export Data" - this would output the underlying dataset. (Provided this functionality has not been disabled by an admin)