# Copying a visualization from an existing visualization

You can copy a visualization:

* Within the same sheet.
* Between sheets in the same application.
* Between sheets belonging to different applications (see [Considerations](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Visualizations/copy-visualization.htm#Considerations) for more information).

Do the following:

1. Click on the item you want to copy.

   The item is highlighted.

2. Right-click the visualization and select the Copy icon .

3. To insert the item on another sheet, navigate to the sheet in the assets panel.

4. Right-click in the sheet and click the Paste icon .

The copied item is added to the sheet.

Information note

Depending on what situation you are in, different things will happen when you paste the copied visualization on a sheet:

* If a visualization is selected, then the selected visualization will be replaced.
* If no visualization is selected, then the pasted visualization will be placed in the largest empty space.
* If there is no empty space, then the largest visualization on the sheet will be split in half to make space for the pasted visualization.

## Pasting text and images from your clipboard

In edit mode, you can also paste text and images directly from your system clipboard.

* Pasting text or formatted text into an empty area of a sheet creates a Text object.

* Pasting an image into an empty area of a sheet creates an Image object.

* If clipboard content contains both text and an image, the content is created as a Text object.

* If upload is not allowed for your role or the clipboard image format is not supported, the image is not added.

For more information, see [Text](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Visualizations/DashboardBundle/text-object.htm), [Image object](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Visualizations/Image/image-object.htm), and [Uploading image files to media library](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/MediaLibrary/MediaLibrary-upload.htm).

## Considerations

* For a copied visualization to work in a different application, the same dimensions and measures have to be a part of the target application as well.

* When copying visualizations between two applications, the applications must be in the same Qlik Cloud tenant.

* You cannot copy and paste visualizations between different environment types (for example, between an application in Qlik Cloud Analytics and an application in Qlik Sense Desktop).

## Permissions

To paste a copied visualization onto a sheet, you need:

* Permissions for editing the sheet. This means that the sheet needs to be private to you.

* Professional user entitlement (applies only to user-based subscriptions).

* Applications in shared spaces: Owner, Can manage, Can edit data in applications, or Can edit role in the space.

* Applications in managed spaces: Owner or Can manage , or Can contribute role in the space.

For more information about the required space roles, see:

* [Shared space permissions for Professional and capacity-based subscription users](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Spaces/permissions-shared-space-prof-full.htm)

* [Managed space permissions for Professional and capacity-based subscription users](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Spaces/permissions-managed-space-prof-full.htm)

As with any other sheet content, a visualization pasted onto a sheet that has been published or made public can be edited or deleted by any user who has permissions to make the sheet private.

## Copying sheets

You can also copy and paste entire sheets between applications. For more information, see [Copying and pasting sheets](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Sheets/reusing-sheets-and-sheet-content.htm#CopySheet).

## Learn more

* [Keyboard navigation and shortcuts in apps](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/UserInterface/keyboard-navigation-and-shortcuts.htm)