Overview: Copy Fields

This operation creates a copy of the selected fields and adds these new copied fields with generated field names to the existing dataset.

Properties

Category:	Add
Performance risk:	Low performance risk
Knowledge required:	None

 

Effect on datasets

How many datasets are required to perform this operation?	One
Does it create a new dataset?	No
Can you reconfigure this operation?	Yes
Can you apply this operation to a locked dataset?	No
Does it modify the current dataset in any way?	Yes

Requirements

• Any dataset to which it is possible to add new fields.

Results

• A dataset with newly created fields containing data copied from the selected fields.

• This operation only duplicates the fields. No other processing is done on the values, they remain the same.

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Related topics:

• Configuring operation: Copy fields

• Worked example: Copy fields

• Overview of operations

• Technical comparison of operations

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