Model-Driven Apps Copier

This XrmToolBox tool allows you to clone the selected model-driven app and save it as a new copy (developed by Yasir Safeer).

Unlike canvas apps, there is no "Save as" option for the model-driven apps to be clone. One of the options is to "Use components from a custom solution" but you do not get the exact replica (with the selected tables, views, roles) of the app. Another option is to export the solution, modify the xml files and import those back (which requires some effort and there could be some error during the process).

To create a copy of the model-driven app in one click, you can use this tool to specify the properties of the new app and simply press copy.

• Tool Information
• Video Tutorial
• Blog mentions
• Functionalities
• Make a copy of the selected model-driven app
• Load the list of model-driven app in the connected environments when the tool starts
• Refresh the list of apps if there is any change in the server side (Fig. 1, Pt. 2)
• Include unpublished app if there is any (Fig. 1, Pt. 3)
• Select the model-driven app to be copied (Fig. 1, Pt. 1)
• Populate the properties of the cloned app
• Target solution to which the new app is being added (Fig. 1, Pt. 5)
• Name of the new app (Fig. 1, Pt. 6)
• Unique name of the new app (Fig. 1, Pt. 7)
• Description of the new app (Fig. 1, Pt. 8)
• App URL suffix for the new app (Fig. 1, Pt. 9)
• Specify not the use the app icon from the source app (Fig. 1, Pt. 10)
• Specify not the use the welcome page from the source app (Fig. 1, Pt. 11)
• Create a copy the app with the new properties (Fig. 1, Pt. 4)
• Additionally, this tool can
• Show the result logs of the copy processes (Fig. 1, Pt. 12)
• Show information and links about this tool (Fig. 1, Pt. 13)
• Close (Fig. 1, Pt. 14)

Fig. 1 - Model-Driven Apps Copier

This is part of the #TooLDR series where I test and review the tools for Power Platform. You can check out the information for the other tools on this page.