# Copy report pasteboard

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copy-report-pasteboard/39576>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [October 11, 2020, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copy-report-pasteboard/39576 "2020-10-11T06:39:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copy-report-pasteboard/39576/2 "2020-10-11T06:40:21Z")

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> [@PDF report linking](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pdf-report-linking/18860/2):
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> You completely nerd-sniped me with this topic - I definitely shouldn’t have spent as much time on this as I did. But, this is actually possible with the existing reporting module. We’ll definitely have to see about adding this capability in a better way. Basically, the workaround I came up with relies on the fact that objects in reporting can be copied to the clipboard and show up as XML representations of the underlying Java object. So, to use this (extremely janky) workaround: 0. Paste the s…

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