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Is there a way to duplicate an account?

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Hey everyone,
I need the opposite of duplicate detection! I have 1 account, but under the exact same account there's 5 different account numbers, so I need them in CRM 5 times. Everything is the same except the account number. Is there a way to copy an account or duplicate one? Thanks!
Monday, May 31, 2010 5:40 PM
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Hi Liam,
You could use a workflow triggered on create of your account (or on demand if you want it to be a manual process) that contains 5 'create record' steps, each one could create an account with the same information as the parent and you could also update the 'parent account' of the 5 children to be that of the account from which the workflow is being triggered.
Hope that helps,
Rob
CRM4 MBSS- Proposed as answer by Scott Sewell, Hitachi SolutionsModerator Tuesday, June 1, 2010 1:41 AM
- Marked as answer by Liam Monroe Tuesday, June 1, 2010 4:01 PM
Monday, May 31, 2010 6:14 PMAnswerer
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Hi Liam,
You can clone the entity using one of the below.
http://mscrm4ever.blogspot.com/2008/06/cloning-entity-using-javascript.html
https://community.dynamics.com/forums/t/13552.aspx
Muhammad Ali Khan
http://malikhan.wordpress.com- Proposed as answer by Scott Sewell, Hitachi SolutionsModerator Tuesday, June 1, 2010 1:41 AM
Monday, May 31, 2010 5:56 PM -
Hi Liam,
You could use a workflow triggered on create of your account (or on demand if you want it to be a manual process) that contains 5 'create record' steps, each one could create an account with the same information as the parent and you could also update the 'parent account' of the 5 children to be that of the account from which the workflow is being triggered.
Hope that helps,
Rob
CRM4 MBSS- Proposed as answer by Scott Sewell, Hitachi SolutionsModerator Tuesday, June 1, 2010 1:41 AM
- Marked as answer by Liam Monroe Tuesday, June 1, 2010 4:01 PM
Monday, May 31, 2010 6:14 PMAnswerer -
What an easy solution! That worked perfectly! Just made an on demand workflow, saying Create Record - Account, and then I just basically filled in the new create account form with the values from the existing. Now I can just make one record, save it then load it and click run work flow "Create Duplicate" did it right away! THANKS!!!!!!!Tuesday, June 1, 2010 4:01 PM