Copy a project template
Rather than creating a new project template from scratch, you can copy an existing template and make changes to that, if needed.
Access requirements
You must have the following access to perform the steps in this article:
*To find out what plan, license type, or access you have, contact your Workfront administrator.
Considerations about copying templates
The following items are always copied from an existing project to a new one:
- Template Tasks
- Template Task Default information (Task Default Approval Process, Task Default Custom Forms)
- Custom forms
- Risks
- Queue Setup information
- Portfolio and Program
- Approvals
- Documents
- The days of the original template tasks transfer to the new template. You must change the Start or Completion day of the template (depending on its Schedule Mode) to update the days on the template tasks, if needed.
The following items are never copied from an existing project to a new one:
- Billing Rates
- User comments
Copy a template
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Go to the template that you want to copy.
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Click the More menu , then click Copy.
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Specify a name for the template in the New Template Name field.
By default, the new name is Copy of
<original template name>
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Select whether you want to Retain user assignments on tasks and template: select this option to carry all task and template assignments from the original template to the new template.
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Click Save to create a copy of the template.