# Task Templates - copying subtasks **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask the Community\ **Tags:** subtasks, tasks\ **Created:** [19 February 2021 19:40 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/task-templates-copying-subtasks/111137 "2021-02-19T19:40:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Christine\_Padberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/christine_padberg/32/840_2.png) [@Christine\_Padberg](https://forum.asana.com/u/Christine_Padberg)\ **Post date:** [19 February 2021 19:40 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/task-templates-copying-subtasks/111137/1 "2021-02-19T19:40:02Z")
Hello! We’ve been creating our own task templates for years. I’d like to use the new task template provided by Asana, but I’m having trouble copying over the subtasks. I currently have about 15 task templates, and each one of those has about 5 sections and a total of 75 subtasks. What’s the best way to copy those subtasks over? The normal ways of doing this don’t seem to work. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![LEGGO](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/leggo/32/94022_2.png) [@LEGGO](https://forum.asana.com/u/LEGGO)\ **Post date:** [20 February 2021 21:30 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/task-templates-copying-subtasks/111137/2 "2021-02-20T21:30:27Z")
What do you mean by the normal way not working @Christine_Padberg? Are you saying the advanced action within a task detail to convert to a task template isn’t working for you? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\ **Post date:** [20 February 2021 22:53 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/task-templates-copying-subtasks/111137/3 "2021-02-20T22:53:38Z")
@Christine_Padberg, It sounds like you want your task template to have subtask sections; that is not supported currently. See this for details: > [@Introducing templates, for Tasks!](https://forum.asana.com/t/introducing-templates-for-tasks/110728/3): > > This is great! It will be incredibly useful. @Michael-Chen, If you happen to create a task template from a task that has a subtask section, something unfortunate happens: The following subtask (below the subtask section) is rendered as a subtask section, not a subtask, in the instantiated task. I think this is a “gotcha” and it’s frustrating to roll out something new that I would consider broken (even if you consider this as not supported, it will trip people up and not meet expectations). Als… I could use Task actions \> Convert task to template, but it gets fouled up on instantiation; regular subtasks become subtask sections. I hope this is fixed but nothing promised. Larry ---
**Author:** ![LEGGO](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/leggo/32/94022_2.png) [@LEGGO](https://forum.asana.com/u/LEGGO)\ **Post date:** [28 February 2021 22:28 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/task-templates-copying-subtasks/111137/4 "2021-02-28T22:28:26Z")
I bet you are spot on @Larry_Berger_lpb. I didn’t even realize that was the case with subtasks sections. ---
**Author:** ![LEGGO](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/leggo/32/94022_2.png) [@LEGGO](https://forum.asana.com/u/LEGGO)\ **Post date:** [28 February 2021 22:41 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/task-templates-copying-subtasks/111137/5 "2021-02-28T22:41:00Z")
Wait… did they fix this @Larry_Berger_lpb? My primary use case for Task Templates only has 15 subtasks within 2 subtasks sections but it seems to create a new task using this template just as it should. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\ **Post date:** [28 February 2021 23:59 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/task-templates-copying-subtasks/111137/6 "2021-02-28T23:59:22Z")
@LEGGO, Yes, I just tried quickly again and didn’t see the problem I did before with subtask sections causing subsequent subtasks to become subtask sections @Michael_Chen and/or @Emily_Roman, Can you confirm this is fully-fixed? Thanks, Larry ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/system/32/276370_2.png) [@system](https://forum.asana.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [27 April 2022 14:27 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/task-templates-copying-subtasks/111137/7 "2022-04-27T14:27:39Z")
Closed on 27 April 2022 14:27 UTC