Copying a Design/Change-Time Policy
Pre-requisites:
To create a copy of a design/change-time policy in CentraSite, you must have one of the following permissions:
To create a copy of a organization-specific policy, you must have the Manage Design/Change-Time Policies permission for the organization specified in the scope of the original policy. For example, if the original policy is scoped for organization ABC, you are not permitted to create a copy of that policy unless you have permission to manage design/change-time policies for organization ABC. This is because the copied policy has the same organizational scope as the original.
To create a copy of a system-wide policy, you must have the Manage System-Wide Design/Change-Time Policies permission.
A design/change-time policy can become quite complex, especially if it contains several policy actions. Instead of creating a new policy “from scratch”, it is sometimes easier to copy an existing policy that is similar to the one you need and edit the copy.
CentraSite includes a copy feature that lets you do this. It produces a copy that is identical to the original policy. Unlike a new version of a policy, a copy of a policy is not associated with the original policy in any way CentraSite treats the copy just as if it were a new policy that you created from scratch.
When you create a copy of a policy, be aware that:
When
CentraSite creates a copy of a policy, the new copy of the policy is identical to the original one except that:
The new policy's system-assigned version identifier is always set at 1.
Ownership of the new policy is assigned to the user who created the copy.
Like all new policies, the copied policy begins it lifecycle in the New state and it is marked as inactive.
There is no expressed relationship between the copy and the original policy (that is,
CentraSite does not establish any type of association between the two policies).
In general, a copied policy no different than a newly created policy.
To copy a policy
1. In CentraSite Control, go to Policies > Design/Change-Time.
2. Locate the policy that you want to copy and select Create Copy from its context menu.
3. Modify the new policy as necessary and save it.
