diff --git a/src/components/LoadingDialog.vue b/src/components/LoadingDialog.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..190a6e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/LoadingDialog.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<template>
+  <modal
+    :name="name"
+    classes="dialog"
+    height="auto"
+    :clickToClose="false"
+  >
+    <div class="dialog-header">
+      {{ title }}
+      <close-icon @click="$emit('cancel')" :disabled="loading"/>
+    </div>
+    <div class="dialog-body">
+      <div v-if="loading" class="loading-dialog-body">
+        <loading-indicator :size="30" class="state-icon"/>
+        {{ loadingMsg }}
+      </div>
+      <div v-else class="loading-dialog-body">
+        <img :src="require('@/assets/images/success.svg')" class="success-icon state-icon" />
+        {{ successMsg }}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="dialog-buttons-container">
+      <button
+        class="secondary"
+        :disabled="loading"
+        @click="$emit('cancel')"
+      >
+        Cancel
+      </button>
+      <button
+        class="primary"
+        :disabled="loading"
+        @click="$emit('action')"
+      >
+        {{ actionBtnName }}
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  </modal>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import LoadingIndicator from '@/components/LoadingIndicator'
+import CloseIcon from '@/components/svg/close'
+
+export default {
+  name: 'loadingDialog',
+  props: {
+    loadingMsg: String,
+    successMsg: String,
+    actionBtnName: String,
+    name: String,
+    title: String,
+    loading: Boolean
+  },
+  watch: {
+    loading () {
+      if (this.loading) {
+        this.$modal.show(this.name)
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  components: { LoadingIndicator, CloseIcon },
+  methods: {
+    cancel () {
+      this.$emit('cancel')
+    }
+  }
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.loading-dialog-body {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+}
+.success-icon {
+  width: 30px;
+}
+
+.state-icon {
+  margin-right: 8px;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/clipboardIo.js b/src/lib/utils/clipboardIo.js
index ab90263..f6620b7 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/clipboardIo.js
+++ b/src/lib/utils/clipboardIo.js
@@ -9,22 +9,31 @@ async function _copyBlob (blob) {
   ])
 }
 
+async function _copyFromDataUrl (url) {
+  const blob = dataUrlToBlob(url)
+  await _copyBlob(blob)
+  Lib.notifier('Image copied to clipboard successfully', 'long')
+}
+
+async function _copyCanvas (canvas) {
+  canvas.toBlob(async (blob) => {
+    await _copyBlob(blob)
+    Lib.notifier('Image copied to clipboard successfully', 'long')
+  }, 'image/png', 1)
+}
+
 export default {
   async copyCsv (str) {
     await navigator.clipboard.writeText(str)
     Lib.notifier('CSV copied to clipboard successfully', 'long')
   },
 
-  async copyCanvas (canvas, type) {
-    canvas.toBlob(async (blob) => {
-      await _copyBlob(blob)
-      Lib.notifier('Image copied to clipboard successfully', 'long')
-    }, 'image/png', 1)
-  },
-
-  async copyFromDataUrl (url) {
-    const blob = dataUrlToBlob(url)
-    await _copyBlob(blob)
-    Lib.notifier('Image copied to clipboard successfully', 'long')
+  async copyImage (source) {
+    if (source instanceof HTMLCanvasElement) {
+      console.log('canvas')
+      return _copyCanvas(source)
+    } else {
+      return _copyFromDataUrl(source)
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/views/Main/Workspace/Tabs/Tab/DataView/Chart/index.vue b/src/views/Main/Workspace/Tabs/Tab/DataView/Chart/index.vue
index 1dc8a81..f6110dc 100644
--- a/src/views/Main/Workspace/Tabs/Tab/DataView/Chart/index.vue
+++ b/src/views/Main/Workspace/Tabs/Tab/DataView/Chart/index.vue
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import PlotlyEditor from 'react-chart-editor'
 import chartHelper from '@/lib/chartHelper'
 import dereference from 'react-chart-editor/lib/lib/dereference'
 import fIo from '@/lib/utils/fileIo'
-import cIo from '@/lib/utils/clipboardIo'
 
 export default {
   name: 'Chart',
@@ -90,13 +89,12 @@ export default {
       return chartHelper.getOptionsForSave(this.state, this.dataSources)
     },
     async saveAsPng () {
-      const url = await chartHelper.getImageDataUrl(this.$refs.plotlyEditor.$el, 'png')
+      const url = await this.prepareCopy()
       this.$emit('loadingImageCompleted')
       fIo.downloadFromUrl(url, 'chart')
     },
-    async copyPngToClipboard () {
-      const url = await chartHelper.getImageDataUrl(this.$refs.plotlyEditor.$el, 'png')
-      cIo.copyFromDataUrl(url)
+    async prepareCopy () {
+      return await chartHelper.getImageDataUrl(this.$refs.plotlyEditor.$el, 'png')
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/views/Main/Workspace/Tabs/Tab/DataView/Pivot/index.vue b/src/views/Main/Workspace/Tabs/Tab/DataView/Pivot/index.vue
index 953dcaa..f935e0a 100644
--- a/src/views/Main/Workspace/Tabs/Tab/DataView/Pivot/index.vue
+++ b/src/views/Main/Workspace/Tabs/Tab/DataView/Pivot/index.vue
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 <script>
 import fIo from '@/lib/utils/fileIo'
-import cIo from '@/lib/utils/clipboardIo'
 import $ from 'jquery'
 import 'pivottable'
 import 'pivottable/dist/pivot.css'
@@ -166,15 +165,14 @@ export default {
         fIo.downloadFromUrl(canvas.toDataURL('image/png'), 'pivot', 'image/png')
       }
     },
-    async copyPngToClipboard () {
+
+    async prepareCopy () {
       if (this.pivotOptions.rendererName === 'Custom chart') {
-        this.pivotOptions.rendererOptions.customChartComponent.copyPngToClipboard()
+        return await this.pivotOptions.rendererOptions.customChartComponent.prepareCopy()
       } else if (this.pivotOptions.rendererName in $.pivotUtilities.plotly_renderers) {
-        const url = await chartHelper.getImageDataUrl(this.$refs.pivotOutput, 'png')
-        cIo.copyFromDataUrl(url)
+        return await chartHelper.getImageDataUrl(this.$refs.pivotOutput, 'png')
       } else {
-        const canvas = await getPivotCanvas(this.$refs.pivotOutput)
-        cIo.copyCanvas(canvas)
+        return await getPivotCanvas(this.$refs.pivotOutput)
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/views/Main/Workspace/Tabs/Tab/DataView/index.vue b/src/views/Main/Workspace/Tabs/Tab/DataView/index.vue
index 8f162d3..98e5205 100644
--- a/src/views/Main/Workspace/Tabs/Tab/DataView/index.vue
+++ b/src/views/Main/Workspace/Tabs/Tab/DataView/index.vue
@@ -41,14 +41,26 @@
         <png-icon />
       </icon-button>
 
-       <icon-button
+      <icon-button
+        :loading="copyingImage"
         tooltip="Copy visualisation to clipboard"
         tooltip-position="top-left"
-        @click="copyToClipboard"
+        @click="prepareCopy"
       >
         <clipboard-icon/>
       </icon-button>
     </side-tool-bar>
+
+  <loading-dialog
+    loadingMsg="Rendering the visualisation..."
+    successMsg="Image is ready"
+    actionBtnName="Copy"
+    name="prepareCopy"
+    title="Copy to clipboard"
+    :loading="preparingCopy"
+    @action="copyToClipboard"
+    @cancel="cancelCopy"
+  />
   </div>
 </template>
 
@@ -61,6 +73,8 @@ import ChartIcon from '@/components/svg/chart'
 import PivotIcon from '@/components/svg/pivot'
 import PngIcon from '@/components/svg/png'
 import ClipboardIcon from '@/components/svg/clipboard'
+import cIo from '@/lib/utils/clipboardIo'
+import loadingDialog from '@/components/LoadingDialog'
 
 export default {
   name: 'DataView',
@@ -73,13 +87,17 @@ export default {
     ChartIcon,
     PivotIcon,
     PngIcon,
-    ClipboardIcon
+    ClipboardIcon,
+    loadingDialog
   },
   data () {
     return {
       mode: this.initMode || 'chart',
       importToPngEnabled: true,
-      loadingImage: false
+      loadingImage: false,
+      copyingImage: false,
+      preparingCopy: false,
+      dataToCopy: null
     }
   },
   watch: {
@@ -106,12 +124,33 @@ export default {
     getOptionsForSave () {
       return this.$refs.viewComponent.getOptionsForSave()
     },
-    copyToClipboard () {
+    async prepareCopy () {
       if ('ClipboardItem' in window) {
-        this.$refs.viewComponent.copyPngToClipboard()
+        this.preparingCopy = true
+        this.$modal.show('prepareCopy')
+        const t0 = performance.now()
+
+        setTimeout(async () => {
+          this.dataToCopy = await this.$refs.viewComponent.prepareCopy()
+          const t1 = performance.now()
+          if ((t1 - t0) < 950) {
+            this.$modal.hide('prepareCopy')
+            this.copyToClipboard()
+          } else {
+            this.preparingCopy = false
+          }
+        }, 0)
       } else {
         alert("Your browser doesn't support copying images into the clipboard. If you use Firefox you can enable it by setting dom.events.asyncClipboard.clipboardItem to true.")
       }
+    },
+    async copyToClipboard () {
+      cIo.copyImage(this.dataToCopy)
+      this.$modal.hide('prepareCopy')
+    },
+    cancelCopy () {
+      this.dataToCopy = null
+      this.$modal.hide('prepareCopy')
     }
   }
 }
@@ -132,4 +171,19 @@ export default {
   height: 100%;
   overflow: auto;
 }
+>>>.vm--container {
+  animation: show-modal 1s linear 0s 1;
+}
+
+@keyframes show-modal {
+  0% {
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  99% {
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  100% {
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+}
 </style>