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Smruthi on 27 Oct 2015 11:52:39

Need the ability to move reports across workspaces. If a report is created in 'My Workspace' and if I want to move it to a group workspace ....then I need to recreated the entire report. This isn't a great idea !

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:38:44

RE: Move reports across Workspaces

Agreed... if not, the work flow would need to be one report per workspace, as a report might overlap between different groups.

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Rod Lovely on 05 Jul 2020 23:38:07

RE: Move reports across Workspaces

Totally need this. Incredible that it does not already exist. A basic workflow would be to maintain 'My Workspace' for works in progress, then use other workspaces to share with others

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Javier Jimenez on 05 Jul 2020 23:37:55

RE: Move reports across Workspaces

This is a basic feature that should have been implemented long ago, please add this workspace management basic!

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Shane Wu on 05 Jul 2020 23:12:09

RE: Move reports across Workspaces

This also impacts the sharing capability of downloaded organizational Power BI apps. https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/33300412-move-copy-downloaded-power-bi-apps-from-my-workspa

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Henri Aalto on 05 Jul 2020 23:07:01

RE: Move reports across Workspaces

Yes. My customers will need this ability ASAP as they need to take copies of the official reports to their personal workspaces (My Workspace) to be able to explore the data further. Using Power BI Desktop is a clumsy option at best.

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Andrew Lowson on 05 Jul 2020 22:53:16

RE: Move reports across Workspaces

see https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/15279864-ability-to-move-copy-report-dashboards-between-gro

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Le on 05 Jul 2020 22:49:46

RE: Move reports across Workspaces

Kind of weird that a user wouldn't be able to save to multiple workspaces, even if they have access to it. As Chris Woodward mentioned below, it would be great if a user could save onto their own workspace and customize the report without having to save onto the existing path.

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kevin on 05 Jul 2020 22:44:31

RE: Move reports across Workspaces

I just spent all day creating a report in My Workspace and now am unable to move it to the desired group workspace, nor can I seem to share it from My Workspace. What's the logic here?

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Mike Carlo on 05 Jul 2020 22:39:50

RE: Move reports across Workspaces

This is a challenge with many new users starting to interact with PowerBI. Many users understand building reports by default in the "My Workspace" soon after users want to share their work. This is where the issue arrises. I explain that they need to creat the report in a common workspace that they can add multiple users to.

It would be really nice if users had the ability to build a report in their workspace and then move it to a shared Workspace after they were complete.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:15

RE: Move reports across Workspaces

This would be extremely helpful rather than having to maintain two copies of the report if its managed in the portal rather than the Desktop file.