You can move a task to another project, for example when work was added to the wrong project. The task keeps its details, and its subtasks go with it.

Move a task

  1. Click ⋮ at the end of the task's row, in the List or on the Board. You can also open the task and click ⋮ at its top right.

  2. Choose Move Task.

  3. Choose the project, then the section to move the task to.

    The Move Task popup with Website Redesign chosen in the project drop-down, the Select a Section drop-down next to it, and the Cancel and Move buttons

  4. Click Move. The task goes to the bottom of that section.

The project list shows active projects only. Administrators can move a task to any active project. Everyone else must be a member of both projects, with the Update task permission on the task's current project and Create on the new one (the project's settings, Members tab, under Task Permissions).

What moves with the task

  • Its start and due dates, task type, status, priority, description and estimate.
  • Its comments, and the files attached to the task and its comments.
  • Its subtasks, at every level, in the same structure.
  • Its fixed amounts, as long as none of them has been invoiced.
  • Its assignees and followers who are members of the new project.

Some things don't move:

  • Assignees and followers who aren't members of the new project are removed. Add them to the project first if they should stay on the task.
  • Tags are removed from the task, its subtasks and its files, because each project has its own tags. Add them again in the new project if you need them.

A subtask you move to another project becomes a top-level task there. The move is recorded on the task's History tab.

When a task can't be moved

Avaza stops the move, with a message, when the task or any of its subtasks has:

  • time entries logged against it;
  • bookings on the team schedule linked to it;
  • fixed amounts that have been invoiced.

You also can't move a task that repeats, or one that was created by a recurring task, and a task with fixed amounts can't move from a customer's project to an internal project.

These rules keep your timesheets, schedules and invoices tied to the right project. If you need the work in the other project anyway, copy the task instead: ⋮ › Copy Task lets you choose which details to copy, such as the description, dates, assignees, subtasks and estimate. The original task keeps its time. To copy all the tasks in a section, use Copy Section Tasks in the section header's ⋮ menu.

To move a task within its own project, see moving tasks between sections.