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title: "Source Copy"
canonical: "https://docs.vaultspeed.com/space/VPD/3011215413/Source%20Copy"
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The Source Copy functionality lets you copy the current model of a locked source to another source in the same or another project.

To copy a source, click the ‘Copy Source’ button in the Sources → Releases screen.

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> 📝 **Remark:** if the latest release of this source to be copied is from before the end of 2020, make sure to create a new release with a new source metadata import. Otherwise, the copy source function could fail. Copy Source will be disabled if the selected source does not have a locked release.

Only the project is not automatically chosen. So make sure to select a project.

Please make sure the new source has a unique name, Short Name, Record Source Name and Source System Business Key **within a project** and a unique name **across projects**.

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Next to the normal fields, three extra toggles are shown:

- Copy Source parameters: Copy the source parameter values to the new source (except schemas).
- Copy Table parameters: Copy the table parameter values to the new source.
- Copy Source Schema: Copy the values of the source schemas to the new source.

 

Copying a source will insert two tasks in the task list:

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Once these tasks have finished, the copied source will show up in your sources list.

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> ℹ️ The single primary multi-primary properties + sat splitting will not be copied and need to be done by the end-user. That's why the status of the release of the newly copied source will state: work in progress.

So if there is no need for changing the multi-primary properties or adding a sat splitting, just select the release and click ‘Lock’. Otherwise, make the needed changes and then lock your source. The source can now be used in the Data Vault.

> ⚠️ When a source is renamed, you first must do a new metadata harvest before you can copy the source.  Otherwise, the copy will fail with a missing files error.[https://vaultspeed.atlassian.net/browse/VD-225](https://vaultspeed.atlassian.net/browse/VD-225)