Excluding user-defined attributes when duplicating objects

There might be objects that you duplicate regularly but you do not want to include all user-defined attributes in the duplicated objects. For each object, you can specify the user-defined attributes that you do not want included when you duplicate objects. By excluding attributes, you can reduce the data maintenance work required to work with duplicated objects.

About this task

The list of attributes available for selection in the Skip Attributes window is populated by the user-defined attributes that are available for the selected object. If user-defined attributes do not exist in the object, no attributes are available for you to select. When you select user-defined attributes to be skipped, the attributes are not listed in future selection options.

If you specify that user-defined attributes be skipped for base objects, the skip values also apply to the object views.

Procedure

  1. In the Database Configuration application, select an object that you want to duplicate.
  2. Select the Skip Attributes action.
  3. Specify the attributes that you do not want to be copied to new objects.
  4. Optional: To specify conditions when attributes are skipped, specify a value in the Condition field.
  5. Click OK and save the object.

What to do next

If you specify attributes to be skipped in the duplication process, you must configure the database for the changes to take effect.