Clone Entity screen

Creates a copy of an entity.

Figure: Clone Entity screen

Clone Entity screen

Examples

  • (Example) Clone an Entity
  • Examples - Step-by-step use case examples, information about what types of examples are provided in the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and other resources where you can find more examples.

Prerequisites

How to Start

  1. Click App Builder.

    Build Apps screen
  2. On the App Explorer screen, click Data Entities.

    Click Data Entities Screen
  3. On the Data Entities Home screen, click Entities.

    Click Entities
  4. On the Entities screen, click an entity.

    Entities screen
  5. On the right side of the screen, click the Ellipses (...) > Clone Entity.

    Click Clone Entity

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Entity To Clone
Function:
Shows the name of the entity to be cloned.
Accepted Values:
Read only.

Cloned Entity Display Name
Function:
Specifies the name for the entity clone that shows in AgilePint NX.
Accepted Values:
One line of text that can have spaces.
Default Value:
None
Example:
Refer to:

Cloned Entity Internal Name
Function:
Specifies the technical name for the entity clone.

This value can not be changed.

Accepted Values:
One line of text that can have spaces.
Default Value:
None
Example:
Refer to:

Fields to exclude
Function:
Specifies entity fields that you do not want to include in the entity clone.
Accepted Values:
Any number of entity fields from the list.
Default Value:
None
Limitations:

This field is available in these releases:

Clone With Permissions
Function:
Specifies whether to create a copy of an entity that includes the configured entity permissions.
Accepted Values:
  • Selected - Creates a copy of an entity that includes the permissions configured for the entity.
  • Deselected - Creates a copy of an entity with no entity permissions configured.
Default Value:
Deselected
Limitations:

This field is available in these releases:

Clone Clone icon
Function:
Creates a new entity that is a copy of an existing entity.