The COPY PROPERTIES FROM command copies properties into the current definition type from other definition types. It enables you to consolidate similar concepts into a single definition type. This applies only to definitions.

The copy is performed at that point in the input where the copy statement is encountered. If, in the following example, properties are added to Change Requests, Dependencies or Nodes later in the property files, or existing properties are changed later in the property files, the additions and changes are not copied.