Can I copy gantt lines from one sheet to another and retain structure?

miikerom
miikerom ✭✭
edited 08/25/22 in Smartsheet Basics

I have not been successful in copying a project plan (gantt) rows from one sheet to another and retain all hierarchies, durations, progress, dependencies, etc. to make a seamless copy/paste without having to rebuild.

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  • Andrée Starå
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    Hi @miikerom

    I hope you're well and safe!

    Yes, I'm pretty sure you can. As long as the sheets are structured the same way and you copy a parent level, everything underneath will follow.

    Would that work?

    I hope that helps!

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  • I found the command for 'copy to another sheet' which seemed to work better (although not as convenient for quick copy/paste) and it retained the indents (which I was having trouble with in the past) but didn't bring along the predecessors (which is super important). To note even if they are brought along I would need them to be relevant to the new sheet and not just value transfer. So I guess that is my only real hold-up is that the predecessors do not come along with this method.

  • Christian G.
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    One solution would be to match the lines in the file you want to copy to where they will be when pasted. For example, if row 1 of the original is to be pasted onto row 6, add 5 blank rows above row 1.  

    Then you can simply copy and paste the predecessor column and the rows will match. 

    This is not elegant, but it saves time.