Please Add Ability to Copy / Duplicate an Expense

malcolmeaton

Something that would be immensely helpful to me is the ability to copy/duplicate an expense.

I travel to the exact same client often and need the exact same per diem often, just with a different date.

I know you can have rules, but I still have to go in create the expense and add a lot of the same information. I would love to copy and paste 6 times, change to grid mode and just update the dates.

This seems like really basic functionality. Am I just missing something?

tylerzoll

@malcolmeaton - You and I must have been thinking about the same thing today. I just posted this in the Ideas section before I saw your idea. I was able to remove the post, so I will post what I wrote here instead:

Our company gives employees a monthly cell phone allowance that is a set amount each month. Currently I have a Journal Entry in Netsuite that automatically occurs on the first of the month and credits AP and debits the Cell Phone Expense Account. I wish there was a way that I could do this in Expensify rather than NetSuite so that I could continue using the reimbursement out of Expensify. Right now it is easier to reimburse out of NetSuite since I group any reimbursable expenses with the the cell phone allowance. It seems to me that a significant portion of the automatic report generation features could be used to make this work.

Another use case for me is that I have a Board of 18 directors and about 300 volunteers that all have expenses from their attendance at meetings. If I could set something like this up, I could automatically add their per-diem and other set amounts to their expense report.

Aussiebandit

@malcolmeaton - I too agree that this would be a good idea.

cgriell

I just started with Expensify 3 months ago. I was searching precisely an automatic duplication of fixed, monthly expenses and I was surprised not to find it as an option in the expenses

feebstarr

I would really like to see a copy or duplicate function! I travel and park at a number of locations and it would be a great time saver if I was able to duplicate an existing expense and just simply change the date field. thanks!

markw

+1 this would be useful functionality.

LauraN

Yes! I just posted a similar idea! I constantly drive back and forth to the same client sites, and it would be so much easier to just duplicate the same trip multiple times, rather than having it create each one separately.

EricH

I have been suggesting this for many years.

im2ofthem

Please add this. It's surprising that it's not a basic feature.

dominic_75013

I have seen many questions on this, so I know that having a monthly recurring expense option would be very helpful. Many users have expenses like cell phone, internet or other similar items that bill every month at the same dollar amount.

tylerzoll

@dominic_75013 I think this is a good idea! There has been an idea submitted for this here: https://community.expensify.com/discussion/576/please-add-ability-to-copy-duplicate-an-expense

michelleS

This should be added as soon as possible. Most lines of business have reoccurring cost that is the same per month. For example my electronic sig fee and cell phone allotment>>>>>> TIme Saver, please ADD.

TFICG

am also surprised this is not a basic feature. Please add asap

Shri

+1 for this feature

PC_Pretorius_375

Great Idea I vote for it.

RoibnGroenevelt

Use cases:

• Home rent that I need to declare every month
• Receipts I'm not sure that I receive every month

Rachael Hopkins

Actually I'd like to add my two cents worth - in NZ if you have a recurring Invoice, the creditor only has to supply you with the first one. This would be great in that situation when you have a recurring invoice, but only one actual paper invoice to accompany it.

TIMG

i vote YES

Sheena Trepanier

@TIMG - If you'd like to support this, please don't forget to vote for it at the top of this thread!

barbara226

Absolutely- I frequently travel to the same client- adding in the mileage expense would be better if I could copy from one visit to the next. Additionally, I have recurring expenses for cell phone, wifi, etc. that would be much easier to manage if I could copy.

ErMigueSF

please!!!

aaronjc

Seems like an obvious function to include?! I was surprised this isn't already supported. Please add!

GarrettFarmer

Have loads of recurring expenses and would like to just duplicate and change the date

gnpb

I have recurring monthly expenses that should be able to be entered automatically, or a menu item in add multiple to duplicate monthly on the same date. Also, once I enter an expense and then split it, it would be nice to be able to permanently delete the original expense entry, since it becomes redundant.

Renee_Au

When you do finally add this (definitely useful!), PLEASE ensure the ability to permanently delete is also included in this dev work.

klinnell

I agree! Many of our consultants travel week over week with the same per diem/mileage entries and it would be helpful to be able to just copy the expenses.

RJerry

+1, major missing feature

JulieannPina

We also have this need. The details vary depending on circumstances in each region, but we have people all over the country who repeat aspects of their spending behavior. Please add. And include the ability to adjust another field, not just the date. For example, someone who drives to collaborators every Tuesday. Might not be the same distance but everything else is the same.

jhinckley

+1. I travel between the same sites multiple times per week that I need to duplicate the mileage. Thanks!

tylerzoll

So I've been enlightened this week and discovered the copy report feature. I'm interested to see if anyone else here has used that feature. Don't get me wrong, I still like the idea and would like for it to be implemented, but I didn't realize that you could copy a report and the non company credit card expenses would be copied as well.

christinaL

i vote for this idea