If a Service Builder project for a similar use case already exists and you would like to
reuse this project together with its data model and service implementation, you can create a
copy of the project and then make changes as required. Copying a project together with its
design time artifacts can save your time and effort.
Process
To copy an existing Service Builder project, proceed as
follows:
- Open the project you want to copy in the tree view.
- Right-click the project name and click Copy Project from
the context menu.
- In the Create Project dialog box, overwrite the name of
the project you want to copy, for example, you could add _0002 to indicate that
it is a new version of the project.
- Enter a new or adapted description for the copy of the project, for example,
Short Description 2.
- The name of the template (original) project that you want to copy is displayed
in the Project field. Ensure that this is the correct
project that you want to copy.
- To copy the project’s data model and service implementation (mapping), select
Data Model and Service
Implementation in the Create from Template
Project section of the dialog box.
- In the Attributes section, the project type of the
template (original) project is displayed. You cannot change the project type.
Ensure Standard is entered in the Generation
Strategy field.
- Click Local Object to create the copy of the project as a
local object.
- Click Continue.
Result
A new project is created as a copy of the template (original)
project and displayed in the tree view in edit mode. You can make the relevant changes
to the design-time artifacts.