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Copying a Model from Another Encyclopedia

To duplicate a model, copy the model.

• To copy a model requires read authority on that model and the authority to add models on the destination encyclopedia.
• The model does not need to be checked in before copying it.

You can copy a model using any of the following procedures:

• Automatically Copying a Model from Another Encyclopedia

  We recommend that you use this method when the source encyclopedia is a CSE. This method is simpler to use than manual methods and is unavailable if the model to copy resides on the Host Encyclopedia.

  This method is only available when you are connected to a multi-encyclopedia environment as described in Automatic Communication.

• Manually Copying a Model from the Host Encyclopedia to a CSE

  This is the only procedure available when the model to copy resides on the Host Encyclopedia.

• Manually Copying a Model from a CSE to a CSE While Preserving Common Ancestry

  This emulates CSE automatic communication and creates an apply.trn file that propagates common ancestry by preserving the same original object ID and same original encyclopedia ID.

• Manually Copying a Model from a CSE to a CSE Without Preserving Common Ancestry

  This procedure creates an update.trn file that does not preserve common ancestry between the source model and the copy.