Clone a SKU into the same group or a new group

Use the clone dialog to copy a SKU into its own group or into a new group you name.

1. Cloning a hardware item into a new group is done by supplying a new group name (and its sub-category) at clone time.

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2. If the same new group name is used for several cloned items they all land in that one group, keeping them organised together.

3. Cloning is optional: it is only needed when you want to change the item's name, since the clone can be given a new name at clone time; if the existing name is fine, no clone is required.

4. The clone dialog also offers an 'Open edit mode after cloning' checkbox, so the cloned item's properties can be opened for editing automatically instead of opening the properties menu manually.

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5. Clone the item — or clone the whole hardware group in one operation — to get an owned copy.

6. Then edit properties such as marking-hole depth on the clone.

7. Cloning the group is faster than cloning items one by one.

8. The clone option for keeping a variant in the same group is reached from the SKU's Edit SKU menu as 'Clone SKU to same Group'.

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9. 'Clone SKU to same Group' opens a dialog asking for the new SKU name and model number before you submit.