Airtable novice here. I hired a consultant to build an app to track assignments for my company (organized by client contracts). The consultant never really finished the job but the app is about 90% useful however, it’s populated with assignments from a closed contract. Is it possible for me to copy the structure of this app without copying all the inputs? The tables, views, automations and interfaces are good but I need to update the data to reflect the current contract (different pricing schedule, assignments, vendors, etc.)
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Copy app without data
+35Yes, you can duplicate a base without duplicating the records.
Just go to your homescreen, hover over the base that you would like to duplicate, click on the 3 little dots, and choose “Duplicate”. When it asks you if you want to duplicate records, disable that option.
However, note that your need to do this is a red flag to me that indicates that your base may not be setup properly — or that your base is not being used properly.
The goal of a well-designed database system is to ensure that you never need to duplicate your base for new contracts, new pricing schedules, new assignments, or new vendors.
Also note that whenever you duplicate a base, you will break any external integrations that you have made with external 3rd-party apps, which makes it even more critical to ensure that you never need to duplicate your base.
Hope this helps!
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+28Hey
FYI for further context, you can check the support documents on how to duplciate a base here.
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