Prevent Duplicate Tasks - Suggested Tasks Drop-down
Rob Ellis
This is a small issue for our team - but a big one for me!
We're getting used to the hierarchy of ClickUp, but not everyone is 100% yet.
This means when people can't find a task or sub-task, they are creating a new task/sub-task - for something that already exists in ClickUp.
The merge tool is great for fixing this, but I'd rather prevent it happening altogether as I have to spend time merging tasks and sub-tasks.
It would be great if you could have a drop-down list appear when somebody is creating a task or sub-task which shows you similar tasks/sub-tasks in the space you're in.
In the same way that typing in the 'Title' field in Canny brings you up a list of suggested posts, ClickUp would look for any tasks or sub-tasks you might be duplicating. Or that you could create a sub-task in instead.
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Alex Ricci
This would be highly relevant as well when multiple users are doing outreach and tracking leads in ClickUp. If a lead (task) is already in the pipeline, showing an alert to let the users know that it already exists would be amazing. Also, I wouldn't hard-set the feature to only detect duplicates through the task name, since it's very error-prone, so I would also add a feature to select a custom field as identification key. e.g email or any other task property that is unique.
And I even see the possibility that the custom field used to identify duplicates may also be mandatory in the relevant location, so if users are manually creating tasks, they must add the custom field that was selected to check for duplicates. [I'm guessing this entails allowing custom fields to be mandatory in specified locations]. Or in the case the field is not mandatory, then checking for duplicates could be done when adding the specified custom field to a task. Lots of logics to weigh in here when considering task sources too (manual, forms, etc).
I potentially see this as an option in the Customize menu of a list, where users can set Duplicates Criteria.
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Stacey Friswell
REALLY need this - will go to another software if someone can tell me one that does this - using list as "people" to keep track of multiple location hiring and onboarding, and need to see if someone has already applied and not worked out
Ivan Villa
Merged in a post:
Duplicate task warning
Jim Morgan
Could there be a warning pop up if a task name is entered that is exactly the same as a task that already exists in the current space?
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Edgar Tardiff
+1 for this feature. Hope that it will be added to merge fruit.
Caleb Griffin
We need this as well!!
Charge Now
Yes, please :-)
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GDS KOHLI
It's very important feature, must require.
Brendan W
Merged in a post:
duplication detection
Work-OWA
when we add a new task, if the task is already created before, a notification or an alert will let us know that this task is already created on the space level
Alec ten Brundel
Or, a bit more subtle. A sidebar appearing with "Similar Tasks".
Jose Manuel Aguirre
I NEEEEEEEEED
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