Create multiple tasks copies at once

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@NKIG, @Brian_Fanelli,

I think this is a much faster workaround, until Asana delivers the multiple-task-copy feature you’re asking for. The approach is basically to house your set of tasks within a single parent task so that you only have to duplicate one task, add it to the destination project, then promote the subtasks to top-level tasks.

One-time setup

  1. Make a task called Template Parent
  2. Add subtasks to Template Parent for each task in the set of tasks to be duplicated. Include their metadata and subtasks, which in this configuration will actually be sub-subtasks.

To duplicate (do these steps only once regardless of how many subtasks)

  1. Click on Template Parent
  2. Duplicate task, and in dialog carefully set checkboxes–if your subtasks or sub-subtasks have due dates then check the Due Dates checkbox, regardless of the parent task not having a Due Date
  3. Click the toast message in bottom right corner to open Duplicate of Template Parent in the detail pane
  4. Add to project: Add task Duplicate of Template Parent to the project where you ultimately want the set of tasks
  5. Click on that project pill to go to that project
  6. Click on the task Duplicate of Template Parent
  7. Select all the subtasks and drag them from right side detail pane to left side tasks pane
  8. Delete task Duplicate of Template Parent

Hope that helps,

Larry

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