Copying and Saving Views

Copying a View

From any list of views, click the copy icon to create a copy of an existing view. Note the following important details about copying views:

When you copy a view, you can only change the name and description of the new view.
When you copy a view, all the view settings and feeds are copied as well, with the exception of sharing options. This means you must update the sharing options on the new view if you want the same sharing options to apply to the new view.
Because the sharing options are not copied, the original author of the view will not be necessarily own the new view. If you want the original author to have the same rights to the new view, make that user a co-owner on the new view.
All of the feeds in a view are copied to the new view. This means a new instance of each feed in the view is created with a new name. If you want to avoid creating multiple new feeds, consider editing the view and using the Save As functionality instead of copying the view.

Using Save As

While you are editing a view, use the Save As option to save a copy of the existing view as new view. Note the following important details about the Save As feature:

To distinguish your new view from the current view, enter a new name and optionally a description before you click Save As.
When you use Save As, all the view settings and feeds are copied to the new view, including any sharing options. If you want different sharing options in the new view, you must update them on the new view.
Important: Sharing options are not carried over to the new view for dashboard views. You must manually update the sharing options for dashboard views.
Although sharing options are copied when you use Save As, if a co-owner uses Save As, the co-owner becomes the author of the new view. This means the original author of the view will not own the new view. If you want the original author to have the same rights to the new view, make that user a co-owner on the new view.
When you use Save As, all of the feeds in a view are copied to the new view, but no new feeds are created. This enables you to create a copy of a view and avoid the creation of multiple new feeds.