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alias: user-guide-clone-experiment-definition
description: "Clone Experiment Definition creates a new experiment definition mirroring an existing one’s characteristics"
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# Clone Experiment Definition

:lock: ExperimentDefinition.**Clone**

## Overview

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

## Setup

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

## Preconditions

* The **Experiment Definition** exists in the system.

## Sequence of Steps

The Clone Experiment Definition wizard can be called from the **Experiment Definition** page within the Business Data Group. The default values will be taken from the current **Experiment Definition** 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  **Experiment Definition** to be created based on the currently selected **Experiment Definition**) 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. Select **Clone** to complete the operation.

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

![clone_experiment_definition][clone_experiment_definition]

[clone_experiment_definition]: images/clone_experiment_definition.png