Duplicate a Microsoft List with content/data?

Question

Hello,

With the new Mircosoft Lists, I see that we can create a template based on an existing List. When we create a new List based off of the template, we get the same formatting and column headings. That is great.

However, we would like to be able to duplicate an entire List, including the content/data.

How can one duplicate a Microsoft List including the data?

Answer 1

Hi Sammatz,

Thanks for using Microsoft products and posting in the community, I'm glad to offer help.

To copy a list including the list contents, you can follow the following steps:

1. Open the source list > Export to Excel.  
2. Open the exported *.iqy file > import it as a table > save the workbook as *.xlsx file.  
3. Go to Microsoft Lists > New list > From Excel > upload the saved workbook (*.xlsx).  
4. Edit the data and create the duplicate list. (You can delete the last two columns ("Item Type" & "Path") after creating the list)  

Hope the above suggestion can be helpful, and please feel free to let me know if you have any concerns, I'll continue to help you.

Best Regards,

Arck

Answer 2

What set up do you have that lacks the ability to save a list as a template? ALL Sharepoint Online tenants have that option; it's a standard feature.

Answer 3

Here are the options that we likely all have that are unable to do this from the web but the app doesn't change things either. There is no option to save template.

Answer 4

For libraries it may have been hidden by Msft - but you can still use the url:

/_layouts/15/savetmpl.aspx?List=%7B01A4AF2B%2DFE9A%2D455E%2D9929%2D10AA8FA37171%7D

Get the list id from list settings or just replace listedit.aspx with savetmpl.aspx after opening the list settings page.

Answer 5

That was suggested above and doesn't work either.