Mirrored items have to many problems (no updates, no subitems, no sorting, no automations, and more). Need different approach

[MauritsNWC]

The way mirrors currently work gives a lot of problems. This is because you can only mirror a COLUMN (and connect that column to an item), instead of mirroring an entire ITEM.

This gives the following limitations:

• Mirrored columns in other boards do not share UPDATES with the original item. Updates work great for collaboration, should work for
  mirrored items as well.
  also see: Shared or mirrored updates for connected items - #14 by Nir-Jetpack 1

• Mirrored columns in other boards cannot be included in WORKFLOWS for that specific board.
  also see: Mirror and linked items don't work with intergrations.
  and: Notify a person from a mirrored "People" column in an automation

• Mirrored columns do not show SUBITEMS off the original item.
  also see: Mirror subitem from one board to subitem in another board - #2 by BiancaT
  and: Really need to mirror subitems across boards - #6 by aminat.akhmadova 1

• Mirrored STATUS columns in other boards can not be sorted/filtered properly
  also see: Unable to sort or filter by mirrored columns - #33 by hdurey 1

• Items in general are not unique, making (unwanted?) DUPLICATES possible.

• When setting up a new board with mirrored items, you have to MANUALLY ADD ALL COLUMNS that belong to the item, instead of just transferring them automatically with the mirrored item. With 20+ columns, this takes a lot of time.

WORKAROUNDS
There are a lot of workarounds (some pretty, some less pretty, some unworkable) and 3rd party tools (paid). To me the mentioned problems feel like basic features a CRM or Project management software should have.

SOLUTION
We need to be able to create an item with a unique name (or tag). Copies of this item should still have the same unique information (including “updates” and subitems) and be able to be viewed and edited form other boards. This also makes it possible to automate them in workflows in other boards.

[Nir-Jetpack (Nir @ Jetpack Team)]

Hi @MauritsNWC Did you try the VLOOKUP app to overcome all of the issues you listed of Mirrored Items?

[MauritsNWC]

Hi JP. This application could solve some of the issues. Will look further into this. Thanks for providing the info.

Will consider it as another (paid) workaround :). Do hope Monday will come with a proper fix soon!

[devitus (Vitaly Dmitriev)]

I second this. We’re paying over £250/month worth of 3P apps in order to overcome this fundamental limitation, on top of paying the monthly Monday fees. I understand that fixing this would probably cut the market for 3P app providers, but this can’t be the reason for current lack of functionality against the mirrored columns.