ID is not auto-numbering when a CIT is created using copy feature

Products

• Clarity PPM On Premise
• Clarity PPM SaaS

Issue/Introduction

Setup:

1. CIT (Custom Investment) object is created
2. Access rights to copy instances of the CIT are provided to the profile under use
3. Two sub-objects are created to the CIT mentioned above
4. On the first sub-object, a lookup attribute is created, which relies on a dynamic lookup

Steps:

1. A new instance is created of the CIT. One instance each of the sub-objects is also created
2. At this point assume that the lookup attribute stores value against this instance as 25 in the relevant table and column
3. A copy of the CIT instance is made
4. At this point it is expected that the value 25 mentioned above is incremented by one, to 26

Resolution

• This expectation is misplaced
• ID, ODF_PARENT_ID (meta data) columns are incremented between the parent instance and the copied instance without any issues
• Data stored in the original instance is not touched, but copied over as it is.