Cloning or Copy/Paste Server-Tasks (maybe TaskGroups?) - V5.8.2

Feature requests
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Hello

first... grouping tasks is a great feature :top:
i saw that in 5.8.2 dialog. "Server: task cloning, asset view page." will come.
Is it a clone or Copy/Paste?
a copy/paste function would be absolutely great because i think it's more flexible than cloning (eg. Copy to other Group):slight_smile:

A few words for understanding:
We have a space named "global" with (at the moment) only one project. This project does crazy things, depending on the parameterization😊
The project is controlled with about 15 parameters
A duplication of the project should be avoided (redundant code)

That's it:
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Goals:

  • Writing to different database systems (DEV, PROD...)
  • Writing to different directories (DEV, PROD...)
  • Data of Different clients, departements...
  • Generate Documentation(TaskIds...)
  • Different in Scheduling
  • Failing/Working in Groups or Tasks (not all together)

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Tasks
--> sorting at the Moment is not entirely clear to me :thinking:

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Copy/paste would make it much easier to adjust the parameters, because only a few parameters would have to be changed within the group.

At the moment I make do with reading the metadata and taking over the parameters manually, which is very error-prone.

I hope I have explained the requirement in an understandable way.

regards,

Adrian

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Hi Adrian,

Cloning is supposed to do exactly that - clone a task. I.e. create an exactly copy of the task, with the same workflows, the same set of parameters, etc. The only nuance is that it will be possible for the user to choose not to copy the schedule (e.g. to avoid immediate execution of the new task if the schedule is very frequent).

In your opinion, how would "pasting" be different? What would "pasting" do that "cloning" can't?

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Sorting works as previously, just within groups. The order of groups doesn't depend on sorting order - it's fixed. Although, groups can be re-arranged by moving them up and down.

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Hi Dmitry,
thanks for reply.
A difference from clone to copy/paste would be e.g. that I could copy a task in one group and paste it into another group, where clone would only work within the group. Clear... after clone, the group name can also be changed. So clone is absolutely ok