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alias: user-guide-clone-chart
description: "This documentation explains how to duplicate a chart, creating a new instance with identical characteristics"
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# Clone Chart

:lock: Chart.**Clone**

## Overview

This operation is used to Clone an existing **Chart** into a new one with a different Name, but with identical characteristics.  

## Setup

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

## Preconditions

* The **Chart** exists in the system.

## Sequence of Steps

The Clone Chart wizard can be called from the **Chart** page by selecting More on the top ribbon, followed by Clone. The default values will be taken from the current **Chart** and will be used as a base for the new object.

### Step 1: General Data

1. On the left panel, add as many rows as needed (each row represents a new  **Chart** to be created based on the currently selected **Chart**) by selecting :material-plus: and specifying the property values for each new instance you create. You can also provide a Name for each of the new instances, however, if a Name Generator is configured for the Entity Type, a new name will be automatically generated.
2. For each new instance you create, specify:
   * The parameter for the chart.
   * The type.
   * The description.
   * The default lower specification limit value.
   * The default target specification limit value.
   * The default upper specification limit value.
   * The default centerline 1 value (the meaning depends on the type of the Chart).
   * The default centerline 2 value (the meaning depends on the type of the Chart) which is applicable to variable Charts only.
   * The default standard deviation value.
3. Optionally, enter a comment.
4. Select **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_chart][clone_chart]

[clone_chart]: images/clone_chart.png