Copy To or From Model - PBMDCP

Use the Copy To or From Model (PBMDCP) utility to copy the model to another model prior to performing any data manipulations. This is simply for the sake of performance. If the data manipulations performed on a model do not provide the desired results and the process must be re-started, without a copy of the original imported model the full import would have to be run again. The performance difference is that it is much faster to copy a model than it is to perform a full import into a model. This is due to the deletes that must occur prior to importing data and due to the manipulations that occur while the data is being imported.

Two copy modes exist:

• E - Copy the entire model.
• D - Only copy the model definition pages.

If the copy entire model is chosen, then the entire source model will be copied to the destination model with a few exceptions. The copy function prompts you with options to copy or not copy Select Statement Storage, CDH Vectoring, Import Support, Vacant Positions and calculation result information. These pages can also be copied to other models at the page level.

Two additional copy options exist:

• Overwrite: All data in the pages being copied to will be deleted (for the destination model) prior to the copy.
• Append: The model being copied to will not have any data deleted prior to the copy. With the Append option, the user can decide which tables will have data appended to them. Before data is copied, the system prompts for whether each table should be copied.