Depending on your project tree selection, the Copy button on the OMW Projects tab of the Version Workbench main screen opens either the Copy Version screen for a single version copy (when a single version is selected)—with a Multiple Targets form exit—or the Copy Versions screen (when a version template or project node is selected), where you can define a ‘copy configuration’ to run a mass version copy process. As with general Version Workbench use, if the default project is selected when you click Copy, you can select an existing project or create a new one before entering the Copy Version or Copy Versions screen.
The Copy Version screen appears when you click Copy on the OMW Projects tab of the Version Workbench main screen while a single version is selected:
Copy single version
By specifying the new version name and description you can create a copy of the selected version. Formexit Multiple Targets will open the Copy Version – Multiple Targets screen:
Copy version to multiple targets
You can specify multiple copies of the selected version in the grid. These copies will be created after validations pass when you click OK.
In the Copy Versions screen, you define a ‘copy configuration’: a collection of source versions with specified target versions and descriptions. You can save a copy configuration and continue working on it over time before executing the mass copy process. You access the Copy Versions screen from the OMW Projects tab of the Version Workbench main screen when you click the Copy button with either a project or a version template selected within a project node:
Copy source configuration screen
Initially, a new (unsaved) copy configuration ID is generated based on your user ID and the system date and time. You can use the Conf. Description form exit to add a description to this generated configuration ID.
Instead of working with the initially generated configuration at screen startup, you can open a previously saved configuration and continue working by clicking the configuration description link at the top left above the grid.
You can specify source versions for the copy process manually, or import them from a grid query, OMW Project, or Task view by using the appropriate form exits.
The OK button in this screen is multi-functional; it allows you to choose whether to save or execute the configuration.
The Validate button performs validations on the grid content for the mass copy process. It either reports errors in a popup (which are also displayed in the grid), or confirms that validation passed and execution can be performed.