Copy Items on the Assignment Gantt

Beta icon In Beta

This feature is in beta and available for customers using the Resource Planning tool.

Background

Using the Assignments Gantt, you can copy items such as requests, assignments, categories, subcategories and projects. After copying them, you can paste them in the same section and then move them to the desired location by dragging and dropping.

If you copy a project, the corresponding categories, assignments, and requests are copied as well. If you copy a category, the corresponding assignments and requests are copied as well.

Things to Consider

Steps

  • Copy a Single Item

  • Copy Multiple Items

Copy a Single Item

  1. Navigate to the Company level Resource Planning tool.

  2. Click Assignments and select Gantt (Beta).

  3. On the list or Gantt chart, press CTRL/CMD + c on your keyboard to copy
    OR
    Right click
    the item or item bar and select Copy.

  4. Next to the item that was copied, press CTRL/CMD + v on your keyboard to paste.
    OR
    Right click
    and select Paste.

  5. Move or edit the item in the following ways:

    • Edit from Details

      1. On the list or Gantt chart, right click the item or item bar and select the Edit option.

      2. Edit the information.

      3. Click Update.

    • Move to a new category or project using drag and drop.

      1. On the list, click and hold the item.

      2. Move it to the desired location using a drag-and-drop operation.

    • Move the date on the Gantt chart

      1. On the Gantt chart, click and hold the item.

      2. Move the item to a new date using a drag-and-drop operation.

Copy Multiple Items

  1. Navigate to the Company level Resource Planning tool.

  2. Click Assignments and select Gantt (Beta).

  3. On the list or Gantt chart, press and hold the CTRL/CMD key on your keyboard and click each item.

  4. Press CTRL/CMD + c on your keyboard to copy.
    OR
    Move your cursor off of the item and right click, then select Copy.

  5. Press CTRL/CMD + v on your keyboard to paste.
    OR
    In the same section, right click and select Paste.

  6. Optional: After you have copied the items, move the items in the following ways:

    • Move to a new category or project

      1. On the list, press and hold CTRL/CMD on your keyboard and select each item.

      2. Move the items to the desired location using a drag-and-drop operation.

    • Move the date

      1. On the Gantt chart, press and hold CTRL/CMD on your keyboard and select each item.

      2. Move the items to a new date using a drag-and-drop operation.