How to copy full sections of tasks, for repeated standard work?

[anon95752620]

Hi folks! I’m looking to copy a full section of tasks, for the same project? Use case is my team works in cycles with different clients - i.e., each month we follow the same workflow. I don’t necessarily want to create a NEW project every month, I’d prefer to have a section in the project for each month, but can’t find a convenient way to copy 15+ tasks to a new section quickly?

[Bastien_Siebman]

Hi,

Maybe this can help?

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…

[anon95752620]

This is a super useful workaround - thank you!

[Phil_Seeman]

@anon95752620,

You can also vote for this feature here:

Ability to copy sections including all tasks in that section

I would like the ability to copy an entire section of a project including all tasks within that section. When you copy the section you would be able to give it a new name and all tasks would be duplicated into the new section. Currently we are in the process of implementing a new IT system at different locations. The project is currently setup such that each location has its own section in the project and we have to go thru the menu option to copy each task so that it also brings corresponding …