Fieldlens - Duplicate an Existing Post

Duplicate your posts on Mobile and Web

Updated over a week ago

You can duplicate any of the posts previously created by you or your team.

Duplicate a Single Post

First, click into an existing post from either the mobile or web app, and tap the “...” button in the top right of the post panel. Then select Duplicate.

To duplicate a post from the mobile app, navigate to the desired post, then tap the three dots menu located in the top right corner and select Duplicate.

Once you click Duplicate, this form will open to allow you to enter any additional details to the post before publishing. Once your post is ready to publish, click Post.

Post and duplicate

If you find yourself needing to create multiple posts with similar content, utilize this feature to streamline your workflow. It allows you to avoid repetitive tasks and efficiently generate posts without the need to repeat the entire process each time.

Before posting from the web, simply tick the Duplicate box located in the bottom right corner of the panel.

From the mobile app, while you are creating a post, click the 3 dots menu on the bottom right corner, within the overflow menu, you’ll see Advanced Options.

Slide the toggle next to Post & copy to activate it.
With Post & copy turned on, as you post, you launch directly into a new post with the same categories, assignees, locations, and recipients.
You can click into any of these if they need to be adjusted, and fill in a new title and description for each post (or let the categories create your title - which will happen automatically if you leave the title blank).

Bulk Duplicate Multiple Posts (web only)

From the web app, you can also select multiple posts and bulk duplicate them.

First, head to any project and switch your Feed to list view. Then select the posts you want to duplicate by checking the boxes to the left.

Use the More menu on the top right and select Duplicate Posts from the drop-down.

You'll then be able to choose to duplicate your posts to the same location or multiple different locations - or remove the location entirely from your duplicate posts.

To duplicate to the current location -- or remove the location entirely -- just click Create button.

To duplicate your posts to different locations, click Next and select one or more locations you wish to duplicate your posts in.

What information will duplicate?

All the information entered in the original post will be carried over into the duplicate post - including Title and Description, Assignees and Due Dates, Locations and Categories, Post Flags, and Media. The conversations and reactions in the original posts, however, will not be copied.

Need to tweak something? No problem. Any of the information in a single duplicate post can be edited before you hit the post button.

Voiding a post (web only)

Duplicate posts are often used in conjunction with Void in Fieldlens.

If you’ve noticed a mistake in your post that you don’t want to use the edit features to fix, you can Duplicate the post, fix any problems in the new one, and then Void the original -- removing it from your Project Feed and reports.

You can void an individual post or multiple posts at the same time using the checkboxes on the Posts Tab.

You’ll be able to go back and view these voided posts at any time using the quick filters on the left menu.

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