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Simple Button Request - Duplicate Course

Former Member
Former Member
This is a simple, but heartfelt request to the Garmin Connect Dev, give us a button in the Courses that allows us to duplicate the course.

This would allow us to take an existing course, which we like, then edit it and save it under a different name.

I could then add 10km, or whatever, to my favourite course without losing the original.

It's surely a very simple thing to achieve, but I'd really appreciate it. :)
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 13 years ago
    For anyone wanting to do this here is a ridiculous but working method:

    Send course from Connect to device.
    Load course from device to Garmin Training Centre
    Export course from Garmin Training Centre as GPX file.
    Manual Load GPX file as course into Connect
    Rename and save.

    It's a pain, but it's quicker than redoing the whole course.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 13 years ago
    As posted elsewhere, this functionality should be there from the day Garmin started Garmin Connect and Training Centre. What is asked here is the same as the "save as" button in Word or Excel. Imagine that in order to copy a Word document or spreasheet you have to type over your entire document, and than save it under a new name. Even in the oldest software I know of ('80s...), the "save as" option was already possible. Now it 2012, and still not possible with Garmin.

    At the end, the problem is not that this functionality is not there, but that:
    a. Garmin doesn't understand their customers.
    b. Garmin doesn't listen to theit customers.

    That's disappointing. For that reason, my next GPS will not be a Garmin..
  • This is a simple, but heartfelt request to the Garmin Connect Dev, give us a button in the Courses that allows us to duplicate the course.


    I would also like to see this!
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 13 years ago
    Duplicate/Copy/Export courses

    I would like to see this as well.

    I'm starting a training program where I will run on the same trail 13, 15, 17, 18, and then 20 miles. I would hate to recreate each course from scratch.

    It's 3 months since the original request. I would give them few more weeks to their grace period. I will not threaten with not buying from Garmin in the future - mine is a great piece of hardware. However there are other ways to apply pressure on them, like sharing your thoughts on Facebook/Tweeter or other groups.
  • Yes, agree with this one. If you actually run the course, you can always save your activity as a new course rather than creating from scratch, then add/edit the extra distance.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 12 years ago
    +1 for this feature
  • Me too

    +1 for this feature

    I want to reverse and slightly alter a course and save it with a different name :-(
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 11 years ago
    I understand that implementing 'Save as...' may be easier said than done however this is one of those annoyances which shape perception about the site.
    Appreciate your consideration :)
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 11 years ago
    +1
    A "save as" is a feature common to just about every program known. Except this one. It's time to fix this bug.
  • How is this still not fixed? Does Garmin read these boards or are they strictly for our own amusement?