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alias: user-guide-clone-automation-controller
description: "This documentation details cloning an Automation Controller to create a new, identical instance"
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# Clone Automation Controller

:lock: AutomationController.**Clone**

## Overview

This operation is used to clone an existing **Automation Controller** into a new **Automation Controller** with a different name and identical characteristics.

## Setup

No specific setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* The **Automation Controller** exists in the system.

## Sequence of Steps

The Clone Automation Controller wizard can be called from the **Automation Controller** page within the Business Data Group. The default values will be taken from the current **Automation Controller** to be used as a base for the new object. Since this is a versioned entity, there are two possible procedures: entity and revision cloning, both of which are available from the main details page. Select **Clone** on the top ribbon, followed by **Entity** if you want to clone the complete entity along with the first revision and version of the new entity, or **Revision** if you want to clone only a single revision. In either case, a **Change Set** must be supplied for a version of the revision to be made effective in the future.

### Step 1: General Data

1. On the left side panel, add as many rows as desired (each row represents a new  **Automation Controller** to be created based on the currently selected **Automation Controller**) by selecting :material-plus: and specifying the property values for each new instance to be created. You can also provide a name for each of the new instances, however if a **Name Generator** is configured for the Entity Type, you can leave the field blank and a new name will be automatically generated. Similarly, you can provide a new revision name or it will be automatically generated for you.
2. Optionally, enter a comment for the operation.
3. Press **Clone** to complete the transaction and a new object will be created.

!!! info
	For more information on these and other features of cloning, see [Clone](../../../general/clone.md).

![clone_automation_controller][clone_automation_controller]

[clone_automation_controller]: images/clone_automation_controller.png