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alias: user-guide-clone-substrate-map
entityname: Substrate Map
menuentry: Business Data
description: "Clone Substrate Map creates a duplicate Substrate Map with identical properties and characteristics"
---

# Clone Substrate Map

:lock: SubstrateMap.**Clone**

## Overview

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

!!! info
    If the Substrate Map has Overlay Bin Converter information, it will also be cloned. For more information on these and other features of cloning, see [[user-guide-clone]].

## Setup

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

## Preconditions

* The **Substrate Map** exists in the system.

## Sequence of Steps

{% include-markdown 'includes/pages/alternate_version_clone_non_versioned_entities.md' %}

![Screenshot showing a clone substrate map with details including a value of 224.](images/clone_substrate_map.png)