Copying Schemas 

Use

We recommend that you create a new schema by copying an existing schema. The attributes, source text, and documentation for the original schema are also copied. The original and the copied schema are identical apart from the administration information. The copy always has version number 1.

Prerequisites

You are in the initial screen of the schema editor.

Procedure

  1. In the Schema field, enter the name of the schema that is required.
  2. Choose .

You access the Copy dialog box. The schema that you entered is displayed in the From and To fields.
  1. In the To field, enter the name of the new schema.

See the notes on the assignment of names for standard and customer schemas.
  1. Choose .

The status line contains a system message regarding the result of the copy procedure.

Result

You have created a new schema. The attributes, source text, and documentation for this schema are identical to the template.

Note that if changes made in your Customizing client are not automatically transported, you must include the copied schema in a transport request.