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# Cloning Motion Tiles

## Cloning Motion Tiles

Create copies of existing Motion Tiles without rebuilding each tile configuration manually.

### Cloning Motion Tiles

Clone Tiles allows you to copy one or more existing tiles to a selected destination device.

Cloning is useful when similar devices require the same tile configuration or when an existing tile provides a starting point for a new tile.

Clone Tiles is available through the bulk-select workflow in the Tiles view.

### Supported tile types

Clone Tiles currently supports these standard tile types:

1. Numeric
2. Toggle
3. Multi-Choice

Formula Tiles and Canvas Tiles cannot currently be cloned.

### Step 1: Select tiles

Steps

1. Navigate to Controls
2. Click Tiles
3. Open the action menu for a tile
4. Select Bulk Select
5. Select each tile you want to clone

After at least one supported tile is selected, the bulk-action bar appears at the bottom of the Tiles view.

### Step 2: Open Clone Tiles

Steps

1. Review the selected tiles
2. Click Clone Tiles in the bulk-action bar

The Clone Tiles workflow opens.

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### Step 3: Choose the destination device

The Devices section shows the source device associated with the selected tile or tiles.

Steps

1. Review the source device
2. Under Destination, click Choose Device
3. Select the device that should receive the cloned tiles

When multiple tiles are selected, the same destination device is used for all clones.

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### Step 4: Review the cloned tile names

Each selected tile appears in the Tile Names section.

The Original field shows the current tile name. The Clone field shows the name that will be used for the new tile.

Steps

1. Review each proposed clone name
2. Update individual names as needed
3. To update multiple names at once, enter values in Find text and Replace with
4. Click Apply to Clones

Find and replace applies the naming change across all selected clones.

### Step 5: Complete or cancel the clone

Steps

1. Review the destination device
2. Review the cloned tile names
3. Click Clone Tile or Clone Tiles to create the copies

To leave the workflow without creating the clones, click Cancel.

The clone button reflects the number of tiles that will be created.

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### What is copied

The cloned tile receives the configuration from the original tile, including its tile settings, data display configuration, alarms, tags, and facets.

Linked Apps are not copied. After cloning, link each new tile to the appropriate App manually.

Each clone is created as a new Motion Tile with a new Tile ID.

Historical values and alarm history from the original tile are not copied.

### Notes and limitations

1. Clone Tiles is available only through Bulk Select.
2. A single destination device is used for all tiles selected in one cloning workflow.
3. Linked Apps must be configured manually after cloning.
4. Formula Tiles cannot currently be cloned.
5. Canvas Tiles cannot currently be cloned.