Existing application databases can be cloned by selecting the Clone button in the database administration screen, accessed from the Administration module.
When cloning an existing database, the following options apply, as shown in the image below:
Display Name: The new display name for the database - this in the Home screen.: all across : : source : existing on one : existing on source on : Allows users to edit the design of the clone in Designer. To do this, it creates a physical copy of the database and breaks the link between original and clone - more detail below.By default, the defined periods, existing users and default restriction are all copied across to the new database. You can optionally also copy personal favorites and favorite folders.
Clone produces different results depending on whether Design is ticked:
Clone without Design
If Design is not ticked, cloning a database creates of databases. For an explanation, see Managing databases. This feature allows sophisticated user access restrictions to be applied, where the same physical database is made accessible to a user multiple times but with different levels of restriction permanent the clone. Edit and of themClone with Design
If Design is ticked, then a physical copy of the SQL server database is created.
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