Copy assets
This procedure helps you to save time when you enter a new asset by copying an existing asset. It's especially useful if you need to enter several similar assets that vary only slightly or want to see the results of applying different treatments. You can copy assets within an activity or between different clients and activities.
When an asset is copied using the following method, a new asset is created that's identical to the original asset. You can copy assets in groups of 1,000 or fewer assets. If you try to copy more than 1,000 assets at 1 time, an error message will appear stating:
The maximum number of assets you can cut/copy is 1000
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When copying assets between clients, make sure the treatments set up in the source client are also set up in the destination client before the asset is pasted into that client. Treatments that aren't set up in the destination client won't be copied to that client.
- Open the client and, if necessary, select an activity folder.
- Select the asset you want to copy.note
- To select a range of assets listed consecutively, select the 1st asset you want to copy, use the Shift key, and select the last asset you want to copy.
- To select multiple assets that aren't listed consecutively in theAsset Listwindow, select the 1st asset you want to copy, use the Ctrl key and select each asset you want to copy.
- SelectEdit, thenCopy Asset.
- Select the activity folder with the assets you want to copy.noteIf you're copying assets to another client, open that client and select the activity folder.
- SelectEdit, thenPaste Asset.note
- Select 1 of the new assets, thenModifyto change any of the asset's data.
- If you copy and paste assets from 1 client to another, the application automatically sets up any application-defined associations used for the asset you're copying.
- If you want to copy an asset with images to a new client and you plan to delete the original asset or client, don't delete the original client before the asset is pasted into the new client. Deleting the original asset or client before a copied asset is pasted into a new client will delete the asset's images.
- If you copy assets that were part of a mass disposition, the application creates an individual disposition for each asset in the new client or activity. To recreate the original mass disposition, selectTasks,Mass Dispositions, select and delete the dispositions that the application created for each asset, then delete all but 1 of the mass dispositions.
- If the numbers assigned to the assets you're moving are already in use in the activity where they're being added, the lowest available numbers are automatically assigned to the pasted assets. You can change how assets are automatically numbered.
