Pasting Process Steps

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When you paste a process step, some properties of the cut or copied assets are modified:

Step IDs are recalculated to use a new, unique ID in the target process

Transition IDs are recalculated to use a new, unique ID in the target process

Transition references are updated to the new source and target Step IDs

If the target process has a data item of the same name as one of the pasted steps, the pasted step updates its references to use the existing data item

If the target process has a data item of the same name as the pasted assets, but with different type or description information, Designer renames the pasted data item, by appending a suffix of "_<number>". So a pasted "myInput" becomes "myInput_1".

To paste one or more process steps on the process editor's canvas

Do one of the following:

Right-click and select Paste to paste to a specific location on the canvas.

CTRL+V or Edit > Paste to paste to an unspecified location on the canvas.

When you paste process steps, Designer automatically selects them so you can easily relocate them on the process editor's canvas if you want to.

Relative positions of multiple steps is preserved when you paste. If the target process editor's canvas has an asset selected, steps and/or notes are pasted relative to the selected asset. If there is nothing selected on the target canvas, steps and/or notes are pasted relative to the top left of the canvas. If you paste a step or a note very close to the edge of a pool, swimlane, or expanded subprocess, the container expands to accommodate the pasted item.

Note:

You can undo a paste with CTRL+Z, Edit > Undo Paste, or right-click and select Undo Paste. You can also redo a paste that you undo with CTRL+Y, Edit > Redo Paste, or right-click and select Redo Paste.

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