Working with copy action rules

Copy action rules define how process structures and their individual processes, operations, and activities are duplicated when you use a process template to create a new process structure. These copy actions are defined by your administrator as preferences.

The available copy actions include:

Copy action	Result
Ignore	No copy action is taken. Neither the database object nor any references to it are duplicated in the new structure.
Copy by Reference	The duplicated process structure references the original object in the database. Any changes to the database object are reflected in the duplicated structure.
Clone and Reference	The database object is cloned and the duplicated process structure references the newly cloned object. Any changes made to the original database object are not reflected in the duplicated structure because it references the cloned database object, not the original database object.

Related Topics

• Creating structures from templates overview