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  1. Automation for Cloud
  2. AUTO-29

Ability to copy Automation rules and components (actions and conditions)

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      As a rule writer

      I want to copy and paste (clone) components within a rule

      So I can rapidly create rules which have repeated branches, conditions, and actions

       

      Acceptance criteria:

      • Branch, condition, and action components can be cloned
      • When a component is cloned, it is placed immediately below its source component
      • When a branch is cloned, the child components of the branch are also cloned
      • When a condition is cloned, the child components of the condition are also cloned
      • Bonus: cloning can occur manually by editing a JSON rule file, leaving the component identifiers blank, and then importing the rule for a project.

      Business case:

      The user interface for rule automation allows rapid creation of rules in most ways, except for adding components.  When rules have a repeated pattern, there is no work-around other than to add each component, one by one.  Providing a component clone feature will dramatically speed up the creation of such rules.

       

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      Add an option to copy automation rules between projects - 

      We have 200+ projects mapped to our different clients, one project per client.

      Each of these projects have the same automation rule set that is currently manually applied to them one by one.

      An option to create the rule once and them copy it to another project will be very helpful.

       

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            [AUTO-29] Ability to copy Automation rules and components (actions and conditions)

            Michael Fedulov added a comment - - edited

            Hi everyone,

            Great news – we have now released this feature! For more information please visit our community blog!

            Thank you again for your feedback and suggestion!

            Best,

            Michael

            Michael Fedulov added a comment - - edited Hi everyone, Great news – we have now released this feature! For more information please visit our community blog! Thank you again for your feedback and suggestion! Best, Michael

            Can someone from Jira tell us ? I saw this functionnality last week and I was like : great it would have saved me a lot of time, and will do from now on, and it disappeared again

            Clément Faure added a comment - Can someone from Jira tell us ? I saw this functionnality last week and I was like : great it would have saved me a lot of time, and will do from now on, and it disappeared again

            Jesse Hamburger added a comment - - edited

            Same! Saw it for a few minutes when I was spinning up some new automations, then couldn't find it again and became super sad again.

            Very exciting though!

            Jesse Hamburger added a comment - - edited Same! Saw it for a few minutes when I was spinning up some new automations, then couldn't find it again and became super sad again. Very exciting though!

            @Filippo Marchesi - I agree I noticed that working in my instance briefly. Maybe this is coming soon?!?

            Wes Cockrum added a comment - @Filippo Marchesi - I agree I noticed that working in my instance briefly. Maybe this is coming soon?!?

            Filippo added a comment -

            This worked for me last week, and now no more working..? I was able to  duplicate a component and move it around. Now I can only delete it

            Filippo added a comment - This worked for me last week, and now no more working..? I was able to  duplicate a component and move it around. Now I can only delete it

            Thank you c48be19ba6feand 8f52d8e96f65 for your responses. I agree I misunderstood the distinct issues and have changed the link between the two tickets to "relates to".

            I have recently migrated a large number of Automation tickets that had been misfiled in other projects, into the Automation for Cloud project. I expect there will be some duplicates so please feel free to @ me if you spot any.

            Thanks again for your assistance.

            Anusha Rutnam added a comment - Thank you c48be19ba6fe and 8f52d8e96f65 for your responses. I agree I misunderstood the distinct issues and have changed the link between the two tickets to "relates to". I have recently migrated a large number of Automation tickets that had been misfiled in other projects, into the Automation for Cloud project. I expect there will be some duplicates so please feel free to @ me if you spot any. Thanks again for your assistance.

            Anusha,

            The AUTO-360 you linked appears to be for copying an entire automation rule from one project to another.

            This AUTO-29 is for copying/pasting components of a rule while editing, such as conditions and actions, within an existing rule in the same project.

            I have also voted on/watched the AUTO-360 that you linked but I would disagree that they are duplicates and protest closing one of them.

            Giovanni Schiano-Moriello added a comment - Anusha, The AUTO-360 you linked appears to be for copying an entire automation rule from one project to another. This AUTO-29 is for copying/pasting components of a rule while editing, such as conditions and actions, within an existing rule in the same project. I have also voted on/watched the AUTO-360 that you linked but I would disagree that they are duplicates and protest closing one of them.

            Hi Anusha Rutnam,

            I believe your observations are incorrect.  Please read this suggestion more carefully and you will find it is about copying the components of rules (actions, conditions, and branches) while editing a rule.  The equivalent within an IDE would be copy-and-paste sections of code to support repeated patterns/logic in rules.

            Please check with one of the automation product managers, or contact me, if you need more clarity.

            Kind regards,
            Bill

             

            William Sheboy added a comment - Hi Anusha Rutnam, I believe your observations are incorrect.  Please read this suggestion more carefully and you will find it is about copying the components of rules (actions, conditions, and branches) while editing a rule .  The equivalent within an IDE would be copy-and-paste sections of code to support repeated patterns/logic in rules. Please check with one of the automation product managers, or contact me, if you need more clarity. Kind regards, Bill  

            I believe this issue might be a duplicate of AUTO-360 – Ability to copy the automation of one project to another which has more votes.

            I recommend that watchers of this issue vote on and watch the above issue. So that votes aren't split, I believe this ticket should be closed, but I will wait a week before taking any action in case anyone disagrees. Thank you!

            Anusha Rutnam added a comment - I believe this issue might be a duplicate of AUTO-360 – Ability to copy the automation of one project to another which has more votes. I recommend that watchers of this issue vote on and watch the above issue. So that votes aren't split, I believe this ticket should be closed, but I will wait a week before taking any action in case anyone disagrees. Thank you!

            Charlie,

            I don't seem to have access to this link https://codebarrel.atlassian.net/browse/ACF-11182

            Allison Stewart added a comment - Charlie, I don't seem to have access to this link https://codebarrel.atlassian.net/browse/ACF-11182

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