How deeply is an item cloned with the workflow clone item action?

Workflows
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Hi all,
Do we have any notes/documentation on what gets cloned as part of the clone item workflow action? I’m interested to know how deep the cloning goes and what will be cloned/will not be cloned. I am looking at adding some parent/child links to Waste Rounds and need to understand what affects the clones may have on the links.

Thanks
Andy

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Looks like we’re fairly light on detail in documentation on the clone action in workflows. I’ve found the below text in a .txt file attached to the original ticket: AL-2440 - Project and Task Clone Action

Jobs

Job Number - Recalculate
Job Work Items - Deep Copy
Related Jobs - Empty
Attachments - Empty
Description - Copy
Status - Copy
Team - Copy
Team Member - Copy
Raised Time - Recalculate
Estimated Start Time - Empty
Estimated Duration - Copy
Start Time - Empty
Completion Time - Empty
Target Time - Empty
Price Multiplier - Copy
Price Adjustment - Copy
Fixed Defects - Empty
Job Inspections - Empty

Job Work Items

Work Item - Copy
Estimated Value - Copy
Actual Value - Empty
Estimated Cost - Recalculate? Maybe copy? Configurable?
Actual Cost - Empty
Budget - Copy
Price Multiplier - Copy
Price Adjustment - Copy

Inspections

Inspection Number - Recalculate
Related Inspections - Empty
Attachments - Empty
Description - Copy
Status - Copy
Team - Copy
Team Member - Copy
Raised Time - Recalculate
Estimated Start Time - Empty
Estimated Duration - Copy
Start Time - Empty
Completion Time - Empty
Target Time - Empty
Raised Jobs - Empty
Raised Defects - Empty

Projects

Name - Copy
Tasks - Deep Copy
Routes - Deep Copy

Managed Routes

Name - Copy
Waypoints - Deep Copy
Distance - Copy
Duration - Copy
Shortest Route - Copy
Shortest Route Distance - Copy
Shortest Route Duration - Copy

Tasks Waypoints

Tasks - related to the cloned tasks?!?!?
Name - Copy
Distance - Copy
Index - Copy

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@jonathan-shaw has good answer for specific implementations of designs/interfaces (e.g. jobs, inspections) but default behaviour for all items is:

  • Create a new item.
  • If the item is in the template collection, then template logic will be used to deep copy any child items that are also in the template collection (thus creating a new instance of these items down the tree).
  • The newly cloned item will maintain any existing links to parent items.
  • All other attributes are copied to the new item.