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Copying fields by name during fill operations

Normally, the Fill operation copies fields of the same name from the target file to the source file using a function called project.

For example, if you open an incident document and place the cursor on the logical.name input field and then choose the Fill option, the system searches the device file for a record with the same logical.name. The system then copies fields with the same name from the device file into the incident document.

The incident document contains information about the device that copied from like-named fields in the device record.

As long as the field names are the same, and the information being copied is from an equal or higher level, the project function performs normally. When the field names are dissimilar, or if the information to be copied is from structure fields to scalar fields, you must use a different method.

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