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alias: user-guide-clone-certification
description: "Clone Certification creates a new identical certification object with a different name"
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# Clone Certification

:lock: Certification.**Clone**

## Overview

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

## Setup

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

## Preconditions

* The Certification exists in the system.

## Sequence of Steps

The Clone Certification wizard can be called from the **Certification** page within the Business Data Group. The default values will be taken from the current **Certification** to be used as a base for the new object.

### Step 1: General Data

1. On the left side panel, add as many rows as desired (each row represents a new  **Certification** to be created based on the currently selected **Certification**) 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.
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_certification][clone_certification]

[clone_certification]: images/clone_certification.png