Fields Copied and Pasted in the Task List
Pasted tasks retain certain details from the original task, while other attributes are discarded when the task is pasted.
- Retained Fields (these field values are copied to the new task):
- Deliverable
- Description
- Duration
- Effort Driven
- Milestone
- Name
- Planned Start/Planned Finish
- Planned Work
- Priority
- Task Type
- Custom fields (except cross-reference fields)
Summary Tasks - A copied summary task uses rolled up data values when the task is pasted. For example, a summary task inherits its Planned Start and Planned Finish from child tasks. When you copy the summary task without its children, it becomes a regular task with the same Planned Start and Planned Finish dates.
- Discarded Fields (fields whose values are not copied to the new task) :
- Actual Work
- Assignees
- Constraints
- Dependencies
- Cross-reference fields
- ETC (reset to planned)
- Hierarchy
- History (Task Update and Edit)
- % Complete (reset to 0)
- Predecessor data
- Related Items
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