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Import from Monday.com

Ready to switch from Monday.com to ClickUp? This article walks you through the import process.

Feature availability and limits vary by plan and user role. Learn more

Start an import from Monday.com

Create your structure in ClickUp first. Create a Space or Spaces to house all of your Monday.com boards.

Then, import your Monday.com boards into the ClickUp Spaces you already created. 

To start an import from Monday.com:

  1. In the upper-left corner, click your Workspace avatar and select Settings.
  2. In the All settings sidebar, select Imports / Exports.
    • If your Workspace doesn't have an import or export history, the Select source of import page opens. In the Import from apps section, select Monday.
    • If your Workspace has an import or export history, the Imports / Exports page opens. Select Import Items. On the Select source of import page, select Monday.
  3. Following the on-screen instructions, authorize ClickUp to import your items on Monday.com by copying the Personal API Token and inputting it into ClickUp.
    • If you don't have admin access, follow the instructions to copy your GraphQL API token. This allows you to import only the Monday.com data you have access to.

1. Import items

When you import from Monday.com to ClickUp, you're importing Monday.com boards into ClickUp Folders and Lists

You can import into a new or existing Space. Read more about the ClickUp hierarchy to understand Spaces and Folders in ClickUp. 

  1. New Space: Import the board into a brand new space, named after the Monday.com board. 
  2. Existing Space: Import your boards into an existing ClickUp Space. This option is recommended for all related boards from Monday.com. 
  3. On the left side, you'll see all boards from Monday.com. On the right side is how you're mapping them into ClickUp.

We automatically import these Monday.com items:

  • Assignees
  • Checkboxes
  • Color pickers (as text)
  • Comments
  • Custom fields
  • Date created
  • Dropdowns
  • Due dates
  • Emails
  • Item IDs
  • Links (website links)
  • Locations (as text)
  • Names
  • Numbers
  • Phone numbers
  • Progress
  • Pulses (tasks)
  • Rating
  • Statuses
  • Sub-items are imported into ClickUp as tasks
  • Text
  • Time tracking

These Monday.com items are not supported and won't be imported:

  • Attachments generally aren't supported
  • Buttons
  • Connected board
  • Dependencies
  • File field types
  • Formulas
  • Info-boxes
  • Linked tasks
  • Mirrors
  • Timeline
  • Tags

2. Import board statuses

Every Monday board is imported as a separate ClickUp List. You can choose what to use for the ClickUp statuses: 

  • Groups as Statuses: The Monday board group names will be used as the statuses for the ClickUp List.
  • Status Column as Statuses: The Monday board's default status column will be used as the statuses for the ClickUp List. With this option, your board group names will not be imported into ClickUp.

3. Import users

Map Monday.com users to ClickUp users to preserve assignees, history, and item activity. If you don't map users, the data will still be imported, but will not be synced to a ClickUp user, and assignees that aren't mapped to ClickUp will not be preserved.

If you haven't already added users to ClickUp, select invite by email to invite and map automatically.

If you're done with your import and are ready to move stuff around, take advantage of our Bulk Action Toolbar.

How long does an import take? 

Starting the import process generally takes 2 to 10 minutes. After you've confirmed the import, the actual importing time can vary between 1 minute to a few hours. This is entirely based on how much data you have in Monday.com, as well as Monday.com's rate limits. 

Since Monday.com does rate-limit the import, we have to throttle the speed to ensure we don't hit the rate limit.

We'll send you an email as soon as your import is done!