To save time when creating a new transaction, you can copy an existing transaction which contains data relevant to the new transaction.
Note
You can also copy templates.
When you create follow-on transactions, the existing and the new business transaction are linked, copies are not linked.
You have made the Customizing settings for copying transactions. You specify valid combinations of source and target transactions, and the data to be copied:
Change Request Management:
Incident, Problem and Request Management:
and Specify Copy Control Mapping Rules.
You can specify per transaction type, in Customizing, which data is to be copied from the source to the target transaction. You enter the additional data directly in the transaction.
Note
The category is always copied from the source to the target transaction. If the source and target transaction type categorization schema do not match, the system issues a warning.
Incident, Problem and Request Management: By default, the system copies the existing SAP data (e.g. System ID) and SAP Notes, into the target transaction.
Choose Copy in an existing transaction.
The system displays the new transaction. It has the same transaction type as the source transaction, and contains the data which you specified should be copied, in Customizing.
Change and complete the transaction, and save it.