KB12330: How to duplicate a project in MicroStrategy Developer 10.x

To duplicate a project in Strategy Develper 10.x, execute the following steps:
 

• Connect to the project source and expand the project that is to be duplicated, as shown below:
  

• Right-click on the project name and select Duplicate Project. The following window appears. Click on Next.
  

• Specify the project source of the project to be duplicated in the Direct Project Sources section. In this example, the project source is APS-CLIENT-2, as shown in the image below. Additionally, specify the user and password for connection to this project source. The user specified must have administrator privileges. Click on Next.
  

• Select the project to be duplicated by highlighting it, as illustrated below. Click on Next.
  

• Select the destination project source and the user that will connect to it. This user also must have administrator privileges. In this example, the destination source is the same project source as the original project, as shown in the image below, though duplication may be done from one project source to another. Click on Next.
  

• Enter the name and description of the new project, as shown in the image below, and click on Next to continue.
  

• Select the types of objects to duplicate. Then click Next to continue. The options available when copying within a single project source are:
  
• All objects: duplicates both schema and public objects, including metrics, filters and reports
• Schema objects only: duplicates schema objects only
• When duplicating to a different project source, these additional options are available:
   
  
• Configuration objects: copies all objects or just objects related to this project
• Users and user groups: copies all users and user groups or just those related to this project. In addition, if including only project-related users, a checkbox allows user to select whether to preserve the user group structure (i.e. empty groups will be carried over.) Additional options include selected users and groups or NO users and groups.
• These options are shown in the image below:
   
  

• The Process Options window determines how the tool will handle the scenario such that an object being duplicated already exists in the project source that is the destination. The following objects are included in the Process Options window:
  
• Security Roles
• Users or Groups
• Schedules
• DB Logins
• DB Connections
• These object types may be handled individually by selecting one of the following options:
   
  
• Add
• Use Existing
• Replace
• In addition, a checkbox indicates that objects should be merged if the names match but the IDs do not. Choose the process options and click Next. The Process Options window is shown below:
   
  

• The Viewing Options window appears, as shown below. Specify the event types to be logged and click Next.
  

• The Log Options window appears, as shown below. Specify the location of the log files and click Next.
  

• A confirmation of settings for the selected options is displayed, as shown below. In addition, an option enables the options selected during the setup process to be saved as an XML file. This file may be loaded up at the start of a project duplication to automate the decision making process during project duplications.
  

• To begin the duplication process, click on Finish. The following window appears, tracking the status of the duplication process:
  

Once the duplication process is finished, the duplicated project appears under the project source, as shown below: