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Cloning Items
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Certain items, such as roles, credential policies, devices, phones, and so on can
be cloned. Cloning provides a quick way to create new items that have very similar
data to the cloned item. 

On the Admin Portal, a **Clone** action is available on the button bar to carry
out the task. This is available on the specific item page of certain items, and
not on the list view. 

The cloned item is created in the system only after the user clicks **Save** on
the button bar. 

If an item refers to other items, only the current item is cloned, and not the
referenced items. For example, if a Phone on the system is cloned, the device
models (Phone and Remote Destination) that are referred to in this item are not
cloned.

The cloned key field(s), for example **Name**, must be edited with new values to
ensure creation of a new item in the system. An error message,
"Error, Duplicate Resource Found." is displayed if a key field is not changed.

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