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Using object replication

Data Services allows you to instantly create an exact replica of almost any object type you are using in ETL development. This feature is useful to create new versions of an existing workflow or dataflow to test or just to create backups at the object level.

How to do it…

We will replicate a job object using these steps:

Go to Local Object Library | Jobs.
Right-click on the Job_DWH_DimGeography job and select Replicate from the context menu:
Copy of the job with the new name is created in the Local Object Library:

How it works… ...

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