Is there a feature request for a duplicate function that also duplicates inner collections, references and files? If not… please can you add one for me? It would be really useful. Thanks

How do you imagine it would work if there is a multi-level hierarchy of databases? e.g. A → B B → C B → D Does duplicating an A create duplicates of all Bs linked to it, and does this result in duplicating of all Cs and Ds linked to these Bs? [image] HSinger: also duplicates … references …

For us, most relationships are many-many. A duplicate of A would not create duplicates of entities in B, rather it would just inherit the relationships to the existing entities in B. I fully understand this is a complex problem and there may not be a one-size-fits-all solution. What do I mean by …

[image] HSinger: What do I mean by ‘References’? I don’t know. I was stealing from Michael. Haha! In this context, I think he means to-one relation fields, which actually do get copied. But copying many-to-many relations (i.e. linking to existing items) doesn’t bring with it many headaches, …

Intelligent handling of collections when duplicating entities is a very sensible and popular request. But different types of M2M relations need to be handled differently, according what they are actually modeling. The problem is that each relation must be handled in accord with its “purpose” or abs…

[image] Matt_Blais: The real point here is that if we can define a particular M2M relation’s purpose (and have its limitations enforced by Fibery, e.g. a strict tree-structure), then it becomes a reasonable subject for automated duplication. Fibery could offer some new relation types like “Tree…

LOL yeah I suppose it could become a problem when Fibery needs to explain WHY some entity can’t just be automatically cloned/duplicated, the way the user expects it “should” be… “but it seems simple enough to me!”

I don’t think Fibery should focus on casual users. Fibery should be as powerful as it could be, because people who are NOT casual users will set up workspaces for their own or other companies or create templates that are usable for casual users. SAP is neither easy to setup, nor easy to learn/use. …

Hi! Is there any update on this request?

Nothing to report. It’s not planned in the near future.

Hey! Found this topic and was wondering if it is the exact same need that I have… I’ll try to explaind. I’d like to be able to duplicate an entity and keep some of it’s fields the same… after lots of help from Fibery IA and ChatGPT, I manage to create a script for a button that does this. However,…

[DONE] Duplicate many-to-many relations when an entity is duplicated

Ideas & Features

mdubakov April 2, 2026, 2:11pm 17

Implemented in latest release

Topic		Replies	Views
[✔️ DONE] Duplicate a record Ideas & Features	14	2527	November 22, 2022
Copy file to another entity Get Help files	11	522	October 30, 2025
Copy entities on automation execution Get Help	2	342	November 1, 2022
Copying fields between databases Get Help	17	667	April 29, 2025
Intra-Space Deep Copy Get Help	14	550	May 6, 2024

[DONE] Duplicate many-to-many relations when an entity is duplicated

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