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Old 10-17-2012, 02:11 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by africalass View Post
thanks for that. Appreciate the reply.

So am I correct in summarising that when I copy from one library to another that it looks for identical columns (including if I have custom created the same column in both libraries) to pass the data too. If that column doesn't exist in the new library (even if named differently by say, one letter) then the data is deleted.
It looks for custom columns with the same name, type, and multiplicity. If it doesn't find such a column in the destination, then it doesn't copy that column's data.

One way to ensure that your libraries are structured the same (have the same custom columns and a few other options) is to check the "copy structure" option when you create new libraries.
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