# Duplicate a Data source in Reports

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/duplicate-a-data-source-in-reports/12147>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [September 21, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/duplicate-a-data-source-in-reports/12147 "2016-09-21T20:36:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![htrujillo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bc8723/32.png) [@htrujillo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/htrujillo)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/duplicate-a-data-source-in-reports/12147/1 "2016-09-21T20:36:06Z")

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Hi.

Is it possible to duplicate a Data Source in a Report?

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/duplicate-a-data-source-in-reports/12147/2 "2016-09-22T15:00:05Z")

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Use a [scripting data source](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC/Data+Sources+-+Scripting) below your original datasource. Within the script, simply assign the first data source to a new name, like so:`data['newDataSet'] = data['originalDataSet']`

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**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/duplicate-a-data-source-in-reports/12147/3 "2016-09-22T15:28:07Z")

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What Phil said.

But it would be great if you could copy/paste data sources between different reports. Someone should suggest it on [ideas.inductiveautomation.com](http://ideas.inductiveautomation.com/forums/255378-ignition-features-and-ideas)