---
entityname: Flow
entitynamelowercase: flow
alias: user-guide-clone-flow
description: "This documentation details the process of creating a duplicate Flow with identical attributes"
---

# Clone Flow

:lock: Flow.**Clone**

## Overview

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

## Setup

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

## Preconditions

* The **Flow** exists in the system.

## Sequence of Steps

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### Step 1: General Data

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!!! info
	For more information on these and other features of cloning, see [[user-guide-clone|Clone]].

![Screenshot showing a general data input form with fields labeled "B clone How", "8 sc em gern", and "FE Liowta Le Go0t e+ ea kf Cnece ate Cn Casi flaw Y".](images/clone_flow.png)

!!! info
	  When cloning a **Flow** as an Entity, all associated **Future Actions** will be copied to the new clone. However, when cloning a **Flow** **Revision**, only the **Future Actions** linked to that specific **Revision** will be copied to the new clone. For more information on **Future Actions**, see [[user-guide-manage-future-actions]].