Using business unit administration to copy a business unit

Use Business Unit Administration (BUA) to copy the business unit setup information and database tables from one existing business unit to another. You must have already created a new target business unit.

By using the Suppress Transactions option you can choose to copy static data only, or to copy the transaction tables as well as static data. If the target business unit already contains data, a warning message is displayed for you to confirm that the existing data should be overwritten.

Note: Miscellaneous permissions are not copied during this process.

You can also copy a business unit to a Live business unit group. This does not require any additional validation or synchronization as all the necessary referential data is already up to date in both the business unit group and the domain database.

The copy process ensures that no users are logged in to the target or source business unit before commencing a copy. Once a copy is underway, users who attempt to run functions in the target or source business units, receive a warning message. Copy ensures users are logged out of business units only within the same database.

Note:

Copying a business unit must not be used as a method for data recovery, as described in Recommendations for Copying a Business Unit.
Attempting to run these functions in multiple sessions may render your installation irrecoverable.