Clone a site or page

Cloning allows administrators and site editors to create new versions of a site or page and the items displayed on its layout.

Cloning a site also clones any pages attached to it, and the items displayed on each page. Pages can also be cloned independently of the site to which they belong.

Clone a site

To clone a site, complete the following steps:

1. Edit a site layout.
2. Review the site's layout to confirm that it's ready to be cloned.
3. Click the More actions button  in the edit navigation bar, and choose Clone layout.

   Tip:

   After the site has been cloned, you can start editing its layout, change the site title, or update the site's subdomain.

Cloned site items

As an administrator or site editor, when you clone a site, the following items are added to your organization under your ownership:

• A Hub Site Application item named after the original site (originalsitename 1).
• A Hub Page item named after the original page (originalpage 1) for each page added to the site, including linked pages that were created for other sites.
• Cloned items for each of the items displayed on the site’s layout and page layouts.

  Note:

  Feature services are not cloned. For examples, if your site layout includes a statistics card that points to a feature service layer or table, the clone will not make a copy of the service. Instead, it will use the existing service from the original site or page.

To view cloned sites and items in ArcGIS Online, click the More actions button in the edit navigation bar, and choose Edit in ArcGIS Online.

Clone a page

Administrators and site editors can clone a page without cloning the site to which the page is attached.

To clone a page, complete the following steps:

1. Edit a page layout.
2. Review the page’s layout to confirm that it's ready to be cloned.
3. Click the More actions button , and choose Clone layout.

   After the page has been cloned, you can start editing its layout.

To view the cloned page in ArcGIS Online, click the More actions button  in the edit navigation bar, and choose Edit in ArcGIS Online.

Cloned content editing

The following users can edit a cloned site and its cloned pages and items:

• The organization’s ArcGIS administrators
• The owner of the cloned site and its cloned pages and items
• Members of the cloned site’s edit groups

Any changes made to a cloned version of an item are not reflected on the original item.

Troubleshooting

If you encounter issues when cloning a site or page, it may have to do with one or both of the following reasons:

• If the layout has an embedded app with a feature service (includes a view), such as a dashboard or web map, you must be the owner of the feature service or the administrator of the ArcGIS Online organization where the feature service is stored.
• The item on the layout does not exist.