---
alias: user-guide-copy-data-collection-limit-sets
tags:
- data collection
description: "This documentation outlines copying data collection limit sets between data collections"
---

# Copy Data Collection Limit Sets

:lock: DataCollectionLimitSet.**Create**

## Overview

This operation copies **Data Collection Limit Sets** from other **Data Collections**.

## Setup

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

## Preconditions

* **Data Collection** version is Active or Effective.

## Sequence of Steps

This operation can be performed by selecting the **Copy** button in the Limit Set section of the **Data Collection** entity page that has the source **Data Collection Limit Sets** that you want to copy. If the operation is called from the **Data Collection** wizard, the selection is automatic.

### Step 1: Change Set

1. Select an existing **Change Set** or select **Create New** to create a new Change Set to be used for this purpose. If the support of Implicit Change Sets has been configured beforehand, it is also possible to check the option Use Automatic Change Set.
2. Optionally, select an Approver Role.

### Step 2: Limit Sets

1. Select the **Data Collection Limit Sets** to be copied by checking them from the list. Optionally, you can filter by displaying all Limit Sets from a specific **Data Collection** or by actual specific **Data Collection Limit Sets**.

![copy_data_collection_limitset_step_one][copy_data_collection_limitset_step_one]

### Step 3: Limit Sets Names

1. Because **Data Collection Limit Sets** cannot have duplicate names, the system will automatically add the name of the current Data Collection together with an underscore ('_') as a prefix. It is possible however to edit the name
2. Select the **Copy** button to complete the transaction.

![copy_data_collection_limitset_step_two][copy_data_collection_limitset_step_two]

[copy_data_collection_limitset_step_one]: images/copy_data_collection_limitset_step_one.png
[copy_data_collection_limitset_step_two]: images/copy_data_collection_limitset_step_two.png