# "Duplicate Section" feature with flexible table references **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Feedback\ **Created:** [March 18, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/duplicate-section-feature-with-flexible-table-references/331 "2018-03-18T23:04:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lane\_Greer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/lane_greer/32/5619_2.png) [@Lane\_Greer](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Lane_Greer)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/duplicate-section-feature-with-flexible-table-references/331/1 "2018-03-18T23:04:38Z")
I would love to be able to make a copy of a section and give me the option of whether I want to keep in section table references the same as what they were or update them to reference the newly created tables in the newly created section. ---
**Author:** ![nathan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/nathan/32/5616_2.png) [@nathan](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/nathan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/duplicate-section-feature-with-flexible-table-references/331/2 "2018-03-21T23:05:14Z")
Thanks @Lane_Greer for the suggestion! Can you give more context on how you’d use this and with what kind of content in your docs? ---
**Author:** ![Lane\_Greer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/lane_greer/32/5619_2.png) [@Lane\_Greer](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Lane_Greer)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/duplicate-section-feature-with-flexible-table-references/331/3 "2018-03-22T03:42:22Z")
Essentially if I have a section I want to use as a template for other sections I would create a number of views in that section that reference other views on that section and when I create a duplicate of that section I would want all the views to continue referencing the in section references relative to the ones referenced in the template section. ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_MacLeod](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/ian_macleod/32/243_2.png) [@Ian\_MacLeod](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Ian_MacLeod)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/duplicate-section-feature-with-flexible-table-references/331/4 "2018-03-25T21:12:30Z")
I’m also interested in this, with the same motivation I’ve got via [Treat sections as entries in a table](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/treat-sections-as-entries-in-a-table/373) ---
**Author:** ![Teejay](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/teejay/32/789_2.png) [@Teejay](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Teejay)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/duplicate-section-feature-with-flexible-table-references/331/5 "2018-05-10T01:26:27Z")
I’m also interested in this feature. I currently use OneNote to write my daily journal in. However, I was thinking it might be kind of cool to use Coda and include some fun features (mood tracker, daily weather, etc.). Ideally I would create these items once and then just duplicate the section for each day I want to journal. ---
**Author:** ![Brandi\_Phillips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Brandi\_Phillips](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Brandi_Phillips)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/duplicate-section-feature-with-flexible-table-references/331/6 "2018-05-20T19:21:27Z")
I would also love to be able to duplicate a section to use as a template. I use coda to organize test sessions and manually setting up each session is not ideal. I want to duplicate the entire section so that the new sections tables are not associated to the one being duplicated. ---
**Author:** ![Henry\_Martin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/henry_martin/32/616_2.png) [@Henry\_Martin](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Henry_Martin)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/duplicate-section-feature-with-flexible-table-references/331/7 "2018-06-08T04:52:13Z")
This would so helpful ---
**Author:** ![Graham\_Anthony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Graham\_Anthony](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Graham_Anthony)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/duplicate-section-feature-with-flexible-table-references/331/8 "2018-06-21T15:21:22Z")
I could also use this feature. We’re working on a project management template for projects that largely follows the same type of schedule and I’d like to be able to create a calculator that lays out an initial selected schedule and then copy that schedule over to the gantt chart table so it can be modified as the project goes live and is being actively managed. I imagine this would be kicked off using some type of button to make the copy, but I’m open to other methods. ---
**Author:** ![Tomas\_Jansson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/tomas_jansson/32/6594_2.png) [@Tomas\_Jansson](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Tomas_Jansson)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 11:07am UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/duplicate-section-feature-with-flexible-table-references/331/9 "2018-09-28T11:07:33Z")
This should also applies to references to controls in the section. I many times already copied section that have a table and also a filter at top, then I have to go and change the filter for the table to use the filter controls in this new section since they refer back to the old section. ---
**Author:** ![Jean\_Pierre\_Traets](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/jean_pierre_traets/32/16275_2.png) [@Jean\_Pierre\_Traets](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Jean_Pierre_Traets)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/duplicate-section-feature-with-flexible-table-references/331/10 "2018-09-28T14:58:27Z")
+1 for me. Would be perfect ✨✨✨ ---
**Author:** ![Fabien\_Calais](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@Fabien\_Calais](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Fabien_Calais)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/duplicate-section-feature-with-flexible-table-references/331/11 "2018-10-27T19:21:09Z")
+1 for me I will use for create 1 section per project and have a gantt chart to show all the current project (PPM) ---
**Author:** ![marcns\_emmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@marcns\_emmons](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/marcns_emmons)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/duplicate-section-feature-with-flexible-table-references/331/12 "2018-11-11T17:10:58Z")
This would be a great feature! ---
**Author:** ![Mihir\_Vakharia](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/mihir_vakharia/32/6436_2.png) [@Mihir\_Vakharia](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Mihir_Vakharia)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/duplicate-section-feature-with-flexible-table-references/331/13 "2018-12-17T19:45:36Z")
+1. I have a section template, which I frequently copy out and go change all the filters to the same `new value`. It would be really nice, to be able to copy a section, have the value replaced with the new field for all the filters in the views. ---
**Author:** ![lifemeanschange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9a140/32.png) [@lifemeanschange](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/lifemeanschange)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/duplicate-section-feature-with-flexible-table-references/331/14 "2018-12-27T15:59:36Z")
+1 I agree! I think this would be a really useful feature! ---
**Author:** ![Nick\_HE](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/nick_he/32/6190_2.png) [@Nick\_HE](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Nick_HE)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/duplicate-section-feature-with-flexible-table-references/331/15 "2018-12-28T20:17:56Z")
+1. I’ve been setting up a doc with a number of different visualizations of the same data. Often I want a section that’s almost the same as another section but with one or two tweaks. Right now gotta work from scratch each time. ---
**Author:** ![Murray\_Adcock](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/murray_adcock/32/9288_2.png) [@Murray\_Adcock](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Murray_Adcock)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/duplicate-section-feature-with-flexible-table-references/331/16 "2019-01-24T13:29:37Z")
+1 We’re looking at using Coda to keep track of document management. Things like blog articles all share a similar set of requirements (effectively a “to-do” checklist) and require similar approvals, but right now we’d need to create unique tables for each article. It would save time to just setup an “empty” section for a blog article with the skeleton of what tables, relationships etc. are needed, so the editors can just focus on writing. ---
**Author:** ![Nick\_HE](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/nick_he/32/6190_2.png) [@Nick\_HE](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Nick_HE)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/duplicate-section-feature-with-flexible-table-references/331/17 "2019-03-11T16:20:24Z")
This is now launched: > [@Launched: Improved Copy Paste & Duplicate Section](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/launched-improved-copy-paste-duplicate-section/6733): > > If you’ve been using Coda for awhile, we hope you’ve seen the improvements to copy/paste! Personally, I’m really excited because I use copy/paste a lot to build docs out faster by “borrowing” content from old docs and gallery examples. So what’s new? Pasting content across docs is much higher fidelity. As an example, we don’t lose buttons, column formats and formulas when you copy / paste across docs. Whenever you paste a range, we maintain relationships between all the copied items. If you c… Thanks Coda team!! ---
**Author:** ![preeyanka](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/preeyanka/32/5974_2.png) [@preeyanka](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/preeyanka)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/duplicate-section-feature-with-flexible-table-references/331/18 "2019-03-11T16:51:29Z")
Thanks for closing the loop Nick! I missed this thread.