New Copy Integration Feature in Data Integration

A new Copy Integration feature enables you to create an integration identical to another integration but with a different name. You can reuse the existing source location or create a new location, and reuse the source import format or create a new import format. You can also copy between a local environment or to a remote environment.

The Copy Integration option is available from the home page by by clicking ... next to the integration to copy and then selecting Copy from the Task Menu: 

Image Shows The Data Integration Home Page.

Image Shows The Data Integration Home Page.

You are then prompted to select copy integration options including:

  • new integration name
  • create location option
  • create import format option
  • connection

Image Shows The Copy Page.

Image Shows The Copy Page.

By default, the name of the copied integration is a concatenation of the source integration name and the suffix: “_1." Optionally, you can assign a unique name to the copied integration.

When you select to create a new location or import format, the system concatenates the source location name or import format name and adds the suffix “_1.  If you do not create a new import format or location, the existing location and import format names are used in the copied integration definition.

If a new import format is checked, then a new location is also enabled automatically.

By default, the copied integration uses the local connection, but you can select another local or remote connection.

Applies to:  Account Reconciliation, Enterprise Profitability and Cost Management, Financial Consolidation and Close, FreeForm, Planning, Profitability and Cost Management, Tax Reporting

Business Benefit: Use the copy integration feature to create a new copy of an integration definition with identical connections and mappings.  You might this feature when you want to copy an integration definition in a test environment or you want to copy a source integration as a model for other integrations.

Tips And Considerations

The Copy integration features is only available for administrators.

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