Is it possible to merge 2 projects? In particular, I want to move the tasks from one project to another in order to delete the first project then. How can I achieve this?
You can select all the tasks in one project (go to the work package table, change the pagination to e.g. 100 and click on the check mark above the checkboxes).
Next, right-click and select “Move”. You can then select the project where you want to move the work package to.
Thanks a lot! I didn’t know the right-click functionality. It worked with some of my work packages. Some couldn’t be moved. Unfortunately, the error message only says that they couldn’t be moved and not why. When can work packages not be moved?
There are a lot potential reasons why this may not work:
For example the selected work packages may have required custom fields in the target project but no in the current project - so a value needs to be set.
Another reason may be that the selected types have different workflows: When you select a status which is not supported by one of the types (e.g. “scheduled” for a bug) those types cannot be moved.
You could try to move one of the work packages which couldn’t be bulk-moved individually (using the work package split screen) to see what error message is shown.
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You can select all the tasks in one project (go to the work package table, change the pagination to e.g. 100 and click on the check mark above the checkboxes).
Next, right-click and select “Move”. You can then select the project where you want to move the work package to.
Afterwards you can archive or delete the original project from the administration (see user guide: https://www.openproject.org/help/administration/manage-projects/)
Thanks a lot! I didn’t know the right-click functionality. It worked with some of my work packages. Some couldn’t be moved. Unfortunately, the error message only says that they couldn’t be moved and not why. When can work packages not be moved?
There are a lot potential reasons why this may not work:
For example the selected work packages may have required custom fields in the target project but no in the current project - so a value needs to be set.
Another reason may be that the selected types have different workflows: When you select a status which is not supported by one of the types (e.g. “scheduled” for a bug) those types cannot be moved.
You could try to move one of the work packages which couldn’t be bulk-moved individually (using the work package split screen) to see what error message is shown.