You can save a publication as a new publication to create a variant of the original publication. You might want to create a variant to change an aspect of the original publication such as a condition. Do not save a publication as a new publication just to make updates or work on the next release of the product. In those cases, you should create a new version of the existing publication.

The publication is saved as a new publication in the repository. Note what is copied to the new publication:

• The reference to the deliverable map is copied; however, the deliverable map is not copied.

• The content of the original baseline is copied into a new baseline.

• The conditions selected to include in the output.

• The publication output formats are the same as the original, and the status changes to To be Published.