Copying a Simulation Process

Instead of creating a simulation process from an experience, you will find it easier in some cases to copy an existing simulation process and change it to suit your needs.

When you copy a simulation process, all of the children of the simulation process, such as its activities and data categories, are also copied; however, referenced documents continue to refer to their original documents. The new simulation process is independent of the original process, and Performance Study allows you to change its attributes, such as its title, revision, and description.

Your company's policies will determine when you should create a revision of a simulation process and when you should create a copy. For example, if you make a minor change to a simulation process, you might create a revision of the simulation process. However, if your changes are more significant, you may want to create a copy of the original simulation process and apply your changes to the copy.

See Also
Revising a Simulation Process
User Interface
  1. From the Simulations panel, select the simulation process to copy. You can copy only one simulation process at a time.
  2. From the Manage menu , click Copy.
  3. From the Copy window that appears, enter the following:
    • Title: Process Composer displays the title to indicate which simulation process you are working with. You can change the title of the copied simulation process to help you distinguish between simulation processes.
    • Revision: Enter the revision of the new simulation process. In most cases it will be the first revision in a new series.
    • Description: Enter a description that allows any user to determine the purpose of this simulation process. You should describe the problem that you are attempting to answer along with the product and/or workflow you are simulating.

    Any attribute groups from the original simulation process are inherited by the new simulation.

  4. Click Done.
    Performance Study creates the new simulation process and displays it in the list of simulations.
    Note: Any access rights that were granted to the original simulation process are not copied over to the new simulation process.