Duplicating planning boards and more... ✨

We've got some great updates for you! πŸš€ With the latest features, you can easily duplicate a planning board and control who has access to each board. Planning just got even easier and more organised! Curious? Keep reading! πŸ‘€

Marijke
Marijke
February 14, 2025
2 min
Duplicating planning boards and more

πŸ“ Duplicating Planning Boards

Want to quickly create a copy of an existing planning board? Now you can with the duplicate function! All board settings (such as stages, statuses, etc.) will be copied to your duplicate. You can also choose whether to include your personal views in the duplicate.

⚠︎ Note: This feature is available from the Professional plan.

Duplicating planning boards and more

Why is this so useful?
Here are some examples of when duplicating planning boards comes in handy—but of course, there are many more possibilities!

πŸ— Project-Based Work
Do you work with projects and create a new planning board for each one? That’s no longer necessary—simply duplicate an existing board and fill it with new tasks right away.

πŸ’‘ Test Planning Board
Are you the mastermind behind your vPlan setup, constantly optimising the planning process? Sometimes, it's best not to run tests in your current environment—especially when setting up new automations. Simply duplicate your planning board and use it as a test environment.

P.S. This is also useful when you're new to vPlan and want to test things during implementation.

πŸ“… Annual Planning

If you work in the events industry and organise the same events each year, make things easier for yourself! Copy last year's schedule (planning board) and start immediately with a fresh, structured plan.

That way, you won’t have to start from scratch every time, saving valuable time. Smart and efficient! πŸ’‘

πŸ”‘ Roles Per Planning Board

Want to restrict access to a planning board? No problem! You can now assign a role to each user:

  • Can manage – full access to modify everything.
  • Can organise – can manage tasks and planning but cannot change settings.
  • Can register – can add registrations but cannot make changes.
  • Can comment – can only post comments.

⚠︎ Note: 'Admins' are excluded from this restriction. This feature is available from the Professional plan.

How to set this up:

Go to the board settings of your planning board and navigate to "Who has access to this board." Choose "Restricted" and add the users who should have access, assigning them the appropriate permissions.

This way, you stay in control of who can do what within your planning board. Handy, right? 🎯

πŸ“Œ New Menu with Board Actions

We’ve added a convenient board actions menu! This allows you to easily:

βœ… Open board settings
βœ… Add planning boards to your workspace
βœ… Duplicate planning boards
βœ… Archive and delete planning boards

Everything you need, neatly in one place! πŸ”₯

πŸš€ Get started with these new features and experience the convenience! Got any questions? Contact us at support@vplan.com.

Happy planning! πŸŽ‰

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Marijke Jansen writes for vPlan about smarter working, productivity, and project management. She makes complex topics easy to understand and directly applicable. Her blogs also share vPlan's latest product release clear, to the point, and focused on what truly adds value. Always with one goal in mind: showing how organizations can work more efficiently by structuring their processes smarter.

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