Ability to copy sections including all tasks in that section

[Andrea_Mayer]

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Currently you cannot just copy a section, however there are some workarounds:

How to have a section template

Do you wish there were “section templates” in Asana? Well, me too, but it isn’t a thing yet. Let’s find a workaround, shall we? The idea is to use task templates to mimic a section template. Let’s say you wanted to templatize a section with 3 tasks: T1, T2, T3. You then create a task template with 3 subtasks (T1, T2, T3). Whenever you want to create a new section from a template, go through the following: create an empty section use the task template to cre…

Ability to copy sections including all tasks in that section

A section template feature would actually change a large portion of our team’s workflow. Currently, I have a project that is filled with different “section templates” that I copy and paste into projects as needed as a workaround, but you still can’t copy attachments, comments, etc. Upvoting this one for sure!

How to duplicate a whole section with all tasks and dependencies intact

@Steve_McGinnis, I’d recommend using Setting Up a Project in Asana | Product Guide • Asana Product Guide which will replicate your section+tasks into a new, temporary project. In the original project, create the new section, then in the new project select all tasks and change the project membership from the new project to original project. Now drag and drop them under the new section. Finally, delete the new, temporary project. (This used to be simpler when sections were task types and you coul…

Also you might wanna upvote this existing feedback request thread.