Copying a Code

The Category Code Maintenance view provides a Copy Code button that allows you to copy all of the code information (including translations, migrations and dependencies, and suggestions) that are related to a displayed code. You can copy to a new code or copy to an existing code.

When a new code is created, it has the fields (and table information) of the original code.

For situations where the category code has an associated table (Code+Table), the table entries are duplicated (in addition to the category code).

When copying to an existing code, a warning message will display which allows you to cancel the operation. If you choose to continue, the selected information is copied to the existing code.

Be careful when selecting these options. When copying a code to an existing code, the system does the following:

• Selecting Copy Text Search replaces the To Code text search completely.

• Selecting Copy Translations replaces the To Code translations with any non-blank From Code translations. (Translations in the To Code that did not exist in the From Code will not be cleared out.)

To copy an existing code:

1. In relevant application setup section (For details, see Application Setup Overview), go to the folder that contains the code you want to copy.

2. Highlight the code that you want to copy.

3. Click the Copy Code button on the banner. A dialog displays with the ID of the code that you want to copy.

4. In the To field, enter the ID for the new code or existing code.

5. To include the translations from the code being copied, select the Copy translations check box.

6. To include any migrations or dependencies from the code being copied, select the Copy migrations & dependencies check box.

7. To include the suggestions from the code being copied, select the Copy suggestions check box.
   If you select to update suggestions, a prompt displays with a list of the suggestions and you can select which ones to update.

8. Click the Copy button. The code is copied and a dialog displays with a list of what was copied to the new code.

9. Click OK. The new code displays on the function page.