Applying copy action rules

When a new structure is created from a template, the first copy action rule specified by the preference that applies to an object determines the copy action. This lets you specify general copy rules using wildcards that can be overridden with more specific rules.

For example, to apply a specific copy action rule to a child item, you could use a wildcard to specify a general rule for the parent item but have a specific rule in place for the child. When the template is used to duplicate a structure, the general parent specification is overridden by the specific rule for the child.

The default copy action rule is Copy by Reference, where the duplicated process structure references the original object in the database.