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Add help site documentation for Duplicate Report feature
Add new article How-to-Duplicate-a-Report.md covering the new Duplicate report action, and update Expense-and-Report-Actions.md and Understanding-Report-Statuses-and-Actions.md to include the new action in their reference tables. Co-authored-by: Stephanie Elliott <stephanieelliott@users.noreply.github.com>
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docs/articles/new-expensify/reports-and-expenses/Expense-and-Report-Actions.md

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| **Mark as exported** | On approved/paid reports when integrated to an accounting system| Admin, Exporter | Marks the report as manually exported for tracking purposes |
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| **Export to [accounting system]** | When an accounting system is connected | Admin, Exporter | Sends the report to an external system such as Xero or QuickBooks Online |
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| **Duplicate expense** | On non-card expenses in any state | Submitter | Creates a copy of the expense on your primary workspace with the same details. Date is set to today and receipts are not copied |
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| **Duplicate report** | On reports the submitter owns, in any state | Submitter | Creates a copy of the report and its non-card expenses. Date is set to today and receipts are not copied |
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| **Download** | Any report state | All roles | Downloads a copy of the report as a PDF |
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| **Print** | Any report state | All roles | Opens the report in a printable format and triggers the browser's print dialog |
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| **Submit** | For draft reports | Submitter, Admin (on behalf of submitter) | Kicks off report approval workflow |
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title: How to Duplicate a Report
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description: Learn how to create a copy of an existing report and its expenses in Expensify using the Duplicate report option.
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keywords: [New Expensify, duplicate report, copy report, create copy of report, duplicate expenses]
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internalScope: Audience is expense submitters. Covers how to duplicate an entire report and its non-card expenses. Does not cover duplicating individual expenses or duplicate detection.
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# How to duplicate a report
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You can create a copy of an existing report and all of its non-card expenses using **Duplicate report**. This generates a new report with copies of the original report's expenses, including each expense's merchant, amount, category, tags, and tax. Expense dates are set to today and receipt images are not copied.
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This is useful when you need to recreate a similar set of expenses — for example, recurring monthly reports — without re-entering each expense manually.
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**Note:** Card expenses, Expensiworks expenses, and incomplete transactions are not included in the duplicate.
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---
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## Who can duplicate a report
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Any report owner can duplicate their own reports. **Duplicate report** is available for reports in any status, including Draft, Processing, Approved, Done, and Paid.
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## How to duplicate a report
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1. Open a report you own.
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2. Select **More**.
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3. Choose **Duplicate report**.
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A new report is created and you are taken to it automatically.
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## What happens after you duplicate a report
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A new report is created with the name **"Copy of [Original report name]"**.
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- If you still have access to the workspace the original report is on, the new report is created on that workspace.
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- If you no longer have access to that workspace, the new report is created on your primary workspace.
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Each non-card expense on the original report is copied to the new report with the following details:
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- Merchant
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- Amount and currency
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- Category
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- Tags
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- Tax
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The following details are **not** copied:
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- **Date** is set to today instead of the original date
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- **Receipt images** are not included on the duplicate expenses
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- **Card expenses** (company cards and Expensify Cards) are skipped
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- **Expensiworks expenses** are skipped
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- **Incomplete transactions** are skipped
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If the original expense's coding (such as categories or tags) is not available on the destination workspace, the duplicate expense will still be created. You will be prompted to correct the coding on the expense.
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# FAQ
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## Can I duplicate multiple reports at once?
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No. Reports must be duplicated one at a time.
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## Are card expenses included in the duplicate?
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No. Only non-card expenses are copied. Expenses from company cards or Expensify Cards are skipped.
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## Does the duplicate include receipt images?
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No. Receipt images are not copied to the duplicate expenses. You will need to attach new receipts if required.
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## Why is the Duplicate report option not showing in the More menu?
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**Duplicate report** only appears on reports that you own. If you are viewing someone else's report, you will not see this option.

docs/articles/new-expensify/reports-and-expenses/Understanding-Report-Statuses-and-Actions.md

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- Hold / Unhold
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- Unapprove
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- Duplicate report
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- Download as CSV
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- **Print**
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- Change Workspace

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