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entityname: Change Package
alias: user-guide-clone-change-package
description: "Clone an existing Change Package, including its contents and native properties"
---

# Clone Change Package

:lock: ChangePackage.**Clone**

## Overview

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

The new **Change Package** copies the properties and **Change Package Items** from the source **Change Package**. The Customer Environment and MES version are reset for the new **Change Package** context.

## Setup

No specific setup is required other than meeting the preconditions of the operation.

## Preconditions

* The source **Change Package** exists in the system.

## Sequence of Steps

The **Clone Change Package** wizard is available from the **Change Package** page within the Administration group. It uses the selected **Change Package** as the source for the new package.

### Step 1: General Data

1. In the **Clone Change Package** wizard, select :material-plus: to add a row for each new **Change Package** you want to create.
2. Enter a name for each new **Change Package**.
3. Optionally, change the type and description.
4. Optionally, enter a comment for the operation.
5. Select **Clone** to create the new **Change Package**.

The system creates the new **Change Package** in the `Draft` state and copies the properties and **Change Package Items** from the source **Change Package**.

![Screenshot showing the Clone Change Package wizard](images/clone_change_package.png)

!!! note
    When a Change Package is cloned, the new package copies the native properties and Change Package Items from the source package. The Customer Environment and MES version are reset for the new package context.