I wish I could copy the value of a cell and paste it into other cells in the List view, similar to the way it’s done in Monday.com.
For me, it’s been a hassle to repeatedly assign the same values in different places.
Additionally, it would be great if Asana could offer a plan for personal use.
I would also like to use Asana as my personal productivity tool at home, and I know there are others who feel the same way.
Hi @jenixp,
i’m not sure i get what you mean.
You can copy the (the content) of any task in list view.
If you’re referring to custom fields, i’d suggest making templates for tasks that you repeat often.
Also you can change the custom fields for up to 50 tasks at once selecting them all in listview
Regarding a personal plan, see my post here: Lack of a single seat option is a huge gap
Hello, thank you for your quick reply.
However, it seems like there may have been a miscommunication.
In Monday.com, you can easily copy any type of field by simply right-clicking and selecting the “Copy cell” option from the menu.
This feature is useful for copying already assigned values such as dates and tags to other fields.
While it is possible to select multiple tasks and assign the same values to them at once in Asana,
the “Copy cell” feature saves time and effort by allowing you to do it with just a few mouse clicks.
Additionally, the “Copy cell” feature is especially helpful when you have new tasks that need to have same field values as older ones here and there.
This is different from the template feature.
If you are unfamiliar with this feature, I highly recommend trying the free trial of Monday.com. Although Asana is a great tool, I personally miss some of the features from Monday.com, including this one.
I think it would have been better to use Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel’s copy/paste function as an example, as it makes work much easier and less cumbersome.
Without that feature, the task would have been much more challenging and time-consuming.
You could also prepare it all in excel/G Sheets and then upload that into the project 
Thank you very much for the valuable tip! 
I remain optimistic that the Asana team will consider incorporating the feature I mentioned at some point in the future.
Such a feature would be incredibly useful as it would allow for the convenient copying of multiple Assignees from a task created by my colleague
and multiple Tags from a task created by me the other day.
I would like to select a range of cells/custom fields in a project’s List view, then use keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V) to copy the selected values from one range of cells/custom fields to another range of cells/custom fields. Ideally, this functionality would allow users to copy data from one project to another and would operate similar to Excel’s copy and paste functionality.
Use Case (setup): I recently created a new project in Asana from a project template. The project template contains 30+ tasks, along with a custom field “Estimated time”. Each task is assigned a default value for Estimated time, which is based on that task’s effort (that is, the value is not uniform).
Use Case (issue): In my newly created project, I need to reduce each task’s estimated time from the default value to a lower value because the project has smaller scope (compared to the template/default project). I faced a similar situation on a past project also created from the same template, where I manually updated the Estimate time values manually. I attempted to return to that past project, select the Estimate time column, copy those values to my clipboard with Ctrl + C, then select the matching range in my current project and paste those values with Ctrl + V, but was unable.
Alternate solutions:
Hi @Cory_Coker , welcome to the forum 
I’ve merged your post into this existing thread, here, where your vote has been consolidated.
Just a friendly note, it’s always a good idea to search for existing threads or note the suggestions on the right as you draft your post. You will be amazed how many people request similar features 
Hi Richard,
Is the post I submitted not different from this request though? The original post only refers to copying from a single cell, if I’m not mistaken, while the request I submitted asked for multi-cell selection, copying, and pasting. I’m not familiar with Monday’s features, so if the original post implied multi-cell functionality, please forgive me.
Thank you,
Cory
@Cory_Coker something I did just discover is you can select multiple line items in the List View- and mass-edit for dates and other fields. Definitely not the same as copy/pasting as I also desire (which is what led me to this thread!) but it is a time saver. Hope this helps.
I have multiple tasks and the same owner and same due date
I expect to be able to use a keyboard (shift-arrow) or mouse (highlight) the cells to copy, click Ctl-C then highlight the other tasks and Ctl-V to paste and then all tasks to have the same owner + date
AND
I do not see that happening.
Is there a way to copy/paste content from one task to another?
I’ve merged your post into an existing topic where you can click the title to scroll to the top and vote by clicking the Vote button.
Thanks,
Larry
ok… thanks? where isthat vote button that I’m supposed to click on?
and
do we have any reason to believe that anyone is paying attention to these votes?
(after all requests for Print-to-PDF remain un-answered; if such a basic function still does not exist, what conclusion is there other than that the Asana Dev team doesn’t pay attention to these forums?)?
See:
Phil… sorry for being slow; i don’t understand why unicorns are being referenced. I asked for something… you recommend that, instead of being a one-off ask, my request is added to another similar ask… that’s great - thank you for the recommendation.
as of now… that’s all i’ve got… where is that other link? where is the vote?
i’m just asking for guidance on where to go next. i have absolutely no expectation that this specific request from me will ever be acted on - that’s ok… IF… IF I can join the other thread / join the other ask where someone else / many other people are asking for a similar function.
could ya help this fella out and give some guidance and share a hyperlink to that other thread and/or to where i’m supposed to vote on whatever i’m supposed to vote on?
Click Cell Copying and Pasting Functionality in List View
Once there, you’ll see this:
Click the Vote button.
Thanks,
Larry
