Quick Copy Extension

A Tableau Dashboard Extension for quickly copying worksheet data to the clipboard.

Get the trex file

How to use

1. Download the trex file.
2. In your dashboard, drag in a new Extension object, click Access Local Extensions, and select the trex from your computer.
3. Click Configure or select Configure... from the extension's context menu.
4. Select the source worksheet you want to copy values from.
5. Choose which fields to include in the copy output.
6. Set a delimiter to separate values. Default is , — you can also use \t for tab or \n for newline.
7. Optionally enable Copy all rows to copy all rows regardless of mark selection.
8. Optionally customize the button label and appearance.
9. Click Save.

Once configured, select marks on the worksheet and click the button to copy the values to your clipboard.

Local development

Prerequisites: Node.js 18+

npm install
npm run dev

The dev server runs at http://localhost:5173. To load the extension locally in Tableau, add public/quick_copy_dev.trex to your dashboard.

npm run build    # production build → dist/
npm run preview  # preview the production build locally

Disclaimer

This extension is provided as-is and is not an official Tableau product. For questions or feedback, open an issue.