Information valid from AMI version 8.0 initial release
Summary
This article details the functionality available when choosing to create duplicates of existing objects.
Pasting Objects
When you select a single object with no descendants to be pasted to another structure, the dialog displays an informational message to indicate the object that you are pasting.
When you select an object that has descendants, the dialog will show the informational message, and also present a table of each object type in the structure below it. The radio buttons alongside the object type allow you to select whether to duplicate, link or ignore that object type. The parent object will be duplicated, but you can select what action to take for each of its descendant types.
Note that if you choose to ignore an object type via the 'None' radio button, objects below that object type will also be ignored.
If a 'Link' radio button is greyed out next to an object, it is because either you do not have link from access rights to that object type in the current structure, or you do not have link to access rights to the target structure. If you do not have create access to the object in the target structure, the 'Duplicate' radio button will be greyed out. If you hover over a greyed out button, an informational message should be displayed that indicates the issue.
The 'Copy from Object' heading on the descendants table indicates the structure that you are copying the object from. The 'Object Type' heading indicates the object type within that structure. Next to that are the radio buttons where you should select the action that you want to perform on the object type.
It is possible to copy multiple structures at once, although it may take some time for the copy to complete.
Copy Local Attributes
If you select this checkbox, any local or edge-specific values will be copied to the new object. Note that this checkbox is greyed out if you are trying to duplicate an object from the classification structure.
Unique Prefix and Suffix
Where an object has one or more globally unique attributes, specifying a unique prefix and/or suffix will allow you to copy the object without getting a unique constraint violation. The attribute value will have the values given in the unique prefix and suffix added to it. You then have the option to edit these values as required once the copy has completed. Unique prefix and suffix values are only applied to duplicated objects which have globally unique attributes.