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alias: user-guide-clone-container
description: "Clone Container creates a new container mirroring an existing one’s attributes and data"
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# Clone Container

:lock: Container.**Clone**

## Overview

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

## Setup

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

## Preconditions

* The **Container** exists in the system.

## Sequence of Steps

The Clone Container wizard can be called from the **Container** page within the Business Data Group. The default values will be taken from the current **Container** 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  **Container** to be created based on the currently selected **Container**) 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_container][clone_container]

[clone_container]: images/clone_container.png