Duplicating objects
Duplicating objects
To duplicate an object in the navigator:
Right-click the object and select Duplicate.The Duplicate an Object dialog box appears.
Only certain object types can be duplicated (class, generator, hypothesis, organizational and business process, operation, package, phase, city planning plan, DBMS version, _ModelTypeParam).Naming duplicated objects
There are two possibilities for naming duplicated objects (duplicate).
The duplicate can have:
• A Suffix (default option).
Example: Breakdown Analysis (Duplicate)
• A Prefix.
Example: Duplicate of Breakdown Analysis
The option with suffix can be useful when, in the navigator, the duplicate is located below the duplicated object.
You can modify the Prefix or Suffix used to name component objects of the object.
The prefix and suffix are not used for objects that are in a namespace.Selecting duplication strategy
For most objects that can be duplicated, you do not have a choice of duplication strategy.
For business processes, you have the choice between:
• "Duplicate Activities and Sub-Processes"
• "Duplicate Organizational Processes"
• "Reuse Activities and Organizational Processes"
Duplicating in another library
For objects already stored in a library, you can store duplicates in another library.
For objects not stored in a library, you cannot store duplicates in another library.To store duplicates in another library:
1. Select check box Create duplicates in another library.
2. Select the required library.
3. Click OK.
Objects are duplicated into the selected library.
If you do not select this check box, the duplicate will appear by default in the same library as the duplicated object.Duplicated object names in a multilingual environment
When you duplicate an object, it must be in the repository language so that translations in the various languages will be correctly transferred to the duplicates.
To determine the language of your repository, consult repository properties.