Designing and Managing Behavior Models - Defining Property Groups and Properties - Creating a New Property Group - Based on an Existing Property Group -
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Based on an Existing Property Group

Earlier, we mentioned that you could create a property group for campus routers by copying the predefined property group Router, naming the copy CampusRouter, and adding to the new property group the unique property campusRouter.

 
  To create a new behavior model based on an existing one:

1. From the client's Admin menu, select Property Group List.

   The Property Group List window is displayed.

   Property Group List Window

   

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2. From the Property Group list, select the property group that you want to copy.

   The properties contained in this property group are displayed in the Property list.

3. Type a name for the new property group in the New Property Group text field.

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   Note    The maximum length for property group names is 255 characters.

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4. Select the Copy button, located below the New Property Group text field.

   Your new property group appears in the Property Group list and is highlighted.

5. Use the procedure explained in the section Creating a Property to add one or more new properties to your property group.
6. Select the Save button.