General properties

There are a number of general properties when copying:

• Only the [current] revision of objects with revisions is copied.
• Locks are not copied, except when copying a revision directly (Refer to single revision copy for more information).
• The revision number of a copied revision is set to x.0, where x is the current major revision number of the project where the copied revision is pasted. For more information on revision numbering refer to Revision Numbering.
• The copied object gets the authorization of the folder it is copied to.
• An object can only be copied where it would also be allowed to create a new object of that type. This includes authorization.
• Copies of folders contain a copy of the complete content in these folders, with the exception of models and objects that have no current revision.
• Usage (uses/used by) information and include information (includes/included by) is not valid after a copy. The copied objects are marked with "[Dependency info outdated]". Compute dependencies must be run in order to refresh this information. For more information refer to Compute dependencies.
• The source ITP/MDK Repository information is not copied i.e., if an imported object is copied, the copy is not considered to be imported.
• Labels and characteristics are only copied when an entire project is copied.

Note

Before release 3.5.0 of the ITP/MDK Repository, a copied object would have the same authorization as its original instead of inheriting the authorization of the target folder.