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The second first batch operation you can carry out with Batch Hero for monday.com is to copy add a new column from a board to multiple other boards at at once.

This operation can be useful With this operation you will create an entirely new column, configure it if necessary and add it to all of the boards you have selected in the overview table. This operation is the perfect shortcut for your workflow in monday.com if you want to duplicate data from a board, swiftly add the same add a column to many boards at once or keep the same configuration of columns across multiple boards without having to manually create the columns but don't want to deal with the manual configuration for each board on its own. Using the Add Column operation to batch-add a column can therefore save you a lot of time and effort when working with your boards in monday.com.

As with the other batch operations you can access the Copy Add Column operation in the operations bar by selecting one or more boards from the overview table.

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The operations bar will only get displayed if you have boards selected. If you have difficulty finding the operations bar make sure you have ticked off at least one board in the overview table.

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Select the boards from the table you want to add a new column to by ticking off the checkboxes.

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Click on Copy Add Column in the operations bar.

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A pop-up window will get opened. Choose from which board you want to copy a column from. Afterwards, choose the column you want to copy.Here you can configure the column you want to add to the selected boards. First, enter the column name of the new column. The column will get named like this on all boards it will get added to.

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Afterwards, choose the column type of the new column from the dropdown menu. For some column types you can enter an advanced configuration by clicking on Configure column type if the link gets displayed under the dropdown menu. You can find more information about the advanced configuration of the specific columns in the section Configuration of Columns.

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Once you have made your selection click on Copy to copy the columns. Make sure you have selected the right board and column before you carry out the operation as it can be tedious to remove the copied columns if you have selected the wrong one.

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configured the column you want to add, click on Add to add the column to all of the boards you have selected. Make sure to confirm you configuration before you add the column. If you have accidentally added the wrong column, you can use the Remove Column operation to effortlessly remove the column again from the boards you have selected.

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