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Cloning means generating replicas of the target destination elements or nodes. You can create clones of all target destination elements.

Steps to create a clone

1. Ensure that the source and target schemas are loaded and all their elements are listed under their respective nodes.

2. Right-click the target element and Select the destination element, click more icon and then select the CloneNode option to open Clone Node: Record window.
   

    

   
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   You can create a clone of all

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   destination nodes except the root node. Thus, the Clone Node sub-option is displayed as inactive for the root node.

3. Select the number from the drop-down list of Number of Clone(s) and click Create Clone(s).
   
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   You can create a maximum of 300 occurrences of an element, with one main element and 299 clones.

4. The element which is created using cloning is displayed with the suffix [1] after its name. Subsequent clones that are created for that element will have the suffix [2] and so on. You can create a maximum of 300 occurrences of an element, with one main element and 299 clones.

Removing Clone of Target Destination Element
 

Steps to remove a clone

1. Ensure that the source and target schemas are loaded and all their elements are listed under their respective nodes.

2. Right-click Select the cloned element that you want to remove, click more icon and then select the the Remove Clone option.
   
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3. A screen is displayed confirming the removal of the selected clone (see Figure 556).
   

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   Figure 556: Confirm Remove Clone

   
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4. Click Yes to remove the clone. This removes the selected clone from the target schemadestination layout.
   

    

   
   

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   If more than one clone has been created for an element, then you need to remove the clones in descending order.