# Is it possible to copy a Perspective page from a project and paste it to another project from the designer?

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [January 14, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-copy-a-perspective-page-from-a-project-and-paste-it-to-another-project-from-the-designer/100864 "2025-01-14T16:32:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zied\_Brahmi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/5daacb/32.png) [@Zied\_Brahmi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Zied_Brahmi)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-copy-a-perspective-page-from-a-project-and-paste-it-to-another-project-from-the-designer/100864/1 "2025-01-14T16:32:42Z")

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Hello Forum,  
for two separate projects (that are not in the same gateway), I have received like 99% specification of a page that I already have in another perspective project, is it possible to copy paste this perspective page to the new project through the designer?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Samuel\_Sueur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Samuel\_Sueur](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Samuel_Sueur)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-copy-a-perspective-page-from-a-project-and-paste-it-to-another-project-from-the-designer/100864/2 "2025-01-14T16:35:29Z")

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Copy and paste should work from one designer open to another. You need to have both designers open though.

Another possibility is to export the view and import it in the other project.

See the post below.

> [@How to transfer perspective view from one project to another in same gateway](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-transfer-perspective-view-from-one-project-to-another-in-same-gateway/36868/2):
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> If you have both designers open you can simply copy the view from Designer1 and paste it in Designer2. Optionally, you can use Import/Export function from the file menu in the designer. [image]

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**Author:** ![Zied\_Brahmi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/5daacb/32.png) [@Zied\_Brahmi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Zied_Brahmi)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-copy-a-perspective-page-from-a-project-and-paste-it-to-another-project-from-the-designer/100864/3 "2025-01-14T16:38:15Z")

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When I copy paste Ignition tells me:  
The contents in the clipboard cannot be pasted here.

I will test the second option, thank you for your response!

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-copy-a-perspective-page-from-a-project-and-paste-it-to-another-project-from-the-designer/100864/4 "2025-01-14T16:41:48Z")

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> [@Zied\_Brahmi](#):
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> The contents in the clipboard cannot be pasted here.

Where in the Project Browser are you trying to paste it? Which tree item has the focus when you get that error.

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**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-copy-a-perspective-page-from-a-project-and-paste-it-to-another-project-from-the-designer/100864/5 "2025-01-14T16:42:47Z")

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Just copy/paste the views as JSON.

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**Author:** ![Zied\_Brahmi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/5daacb/32.png) [@Zied\_Brahmi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Zied_Brahmi)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-copy-a-perspective-page-from-a-project-and-paste-it-to-another-project-from-the-designer/100864/6 "2025-01-14T16:43:37Z")

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I feel that I was focusing on the right path, but anyway the second way worked, thank you!