Copying and Pasting the Reference to a Business Rule Formula or Script Component

When you copy and paste a reference to a business rule shared script or shared formula component, you copy and paste a shortcut to the component; the component itself is not copied. Only one copy of the component exists in the original business rule from which you copied the reference. The reference functions as a pointer to the application and plan type that contains the shared component. If you select copy reference on a component that is not shared, the pasted component is a copy of the component, and has no shortcut to the original component. In this instance, copy reference behaves the same as copy.

You can copy and paste a reference to a shared formula or shared script component within the same business rule or within a different business rule.

To copy and paste a reference to a shared formula or a shared script component:

Right-click the rule that contains the shared formula or shared script component, and then select Open.
In the Rule Designer flow chart, right-click the shared formula or shared script component, and then select Copy Reference.
Do one of these tasks:
- To paste the component's reference into the same business rule, right-click the component to the left of the location you want the component's reference to display in the flow chart. (The component's reference displays to the right of the component you select.) Then select Paste.
- To paste the component's reference into a different business rule, open the business rule into which you want to paste the component's reference, and right-click the component to the left of the location you want the component's reference to display in the flow chart. Then click Paste.
  
  Note:
  
  You can copy and paste the reference into a business rule that belongs to the same application or to a different application, as long as the application belongs to the same application type.
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