Copy or Duplicate Files and Folders

Owned by Charles Bishop (Deactivated)
Jan 30, 2018

You can either copy or duplicate files and folders within the File Browser. If you select Copy, Datameer copies the selected file or folder to the clipboard. This file or folder can then be pasted to a selected directory.  If you select Duplicate, Datameer makes a copy of the selected file or folder in the same directory where the original is located.

Copying or Duplicating Permissions

The following concepts apply for permissions:

  • Folder and file groups permissions are not copied. By default, only the person copying or duplicating has permission for the new files and folders.
  • Users must have VIEW permission of a selected file to copy or duplicate that file.
  • Users must have VIEW and EDIT permission of a selected folder to copy or duplicate that folder.
  • Folders copied or duplicated in Datameer also copy all of the files located with that folder.
  • Folder copied or duplicated must contain files (folder cannot be empty) and only files the user has VIEW access are duplicated.

Copying or Duplicating Dependencies

The following concepts apply for dependencies: 

  • Files from copied or duplicated folders have no dependencies with their original files.
  • Files from copied or duplicated folders still have dependencies between other duplicated files within the same directory. 
  • Files directly copied or duplicated keep dependencies from the original path.

Example 1

If you have:

Original_Folder

-Original_ImportJob > Original_Workbook

and

Copy_of_Original_Folder

-Copy_ImportJob > Copy_Workbook  

Then running the Original_ImportJob that is located in the original folder only triggers those jobs that are directly dependent. The copied files aren't affected. Running the Copy_ImportJob only triggers the other copied files that are directly dependent. The original files aren't affected.

Example 2

If you have:

Original_Folder

-Original_ImportJob > Original_Workbook  

Then a copy or duplicate is made of the file Original_Workbook and named Copy_of_Original_Workbook. Running the Original_ImportJob triggers both the Original_Workbook and Copy_of_Original_Workbook.