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

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   You can create a clone of all target nodes except the root node. Thus,

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   sub-option is displayed as inactive for the root node.

3. 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 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 the cloned element that you want to remove and select the Remove Clone option. A screen is displayed confirming the removal of the selected clone (see Figure 556).

   
   Figure 556: Confirm Remove Clone

3. Click Yes to remove the clone. This removes the selected clone from the target schema.

    

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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.