3.4 Copying, Moving and Linking Elements

Reorganize elements in the Services hierarchy using copy, paste, move, and link options from a menu or through drag and drop actions.

Dragging and dropping an element from the Elements hierarchy to a service model element automatically creates a link. This pastes a copy of the element as a child of the target element and retains a link to the original element. Changes made to the original element affect the linked element. Using the right-click menu Copy and Paste options also creates a link.

However, within the Services hierarchy, it is possible to copy, cut, paste or link elements.

To copy, move or link an element:

  1. In the Element or Services hierarchy in the Explorer pane, navigate to the element to copy, move, or link.

  2. Expand the hierarchy to display the destination element in the Services hierarchy.

  3. Use the right mouse button to drag and drop an element to the target element.

    The following options display:

    Portion of screen showing the following menu options: Move Here, Copy Here, Link Here, and Cancel.

  4. Select one of the following options:

    Move Here: Cuts and pastes the element as a child of the target element. Pressing Shift and dragging the element also moves it.

    Copy Here: Pastes a copy of the element (and its children) as a child of the target element. Pressing Ctrl and dragging the element also copies it.

    Link Here: Pastes a copy of the element as a child of the target element and retains a link to the original element. Changes made to the original element affect the linked element. Pressing Shift+Ctrl and dragging the element also creates a linked copy.