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title: "Copy Grade Specification to a New Grade"
slug: "copy-grade-specification-to-a-new-grade"
updated: 2024-01-29T11:41:45Z
published: 2024-01-29T11:41:45Z
canonical: "kb.dataparc.com/copy-grade-specification-to-a-new-grade"
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# Copy Grade Specification to a New Grade

**Purpose:** Copy a grade specification to a new grade.

**Task:** Create a new grade in [Grade Maintenance](/v1/docs/tools-grades) and make its grade specification a copy of an existing grade.

**Steps:**

1. On PARCview’s **Tools** tab, select **Grades**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/59db2ca4-e512-446a-a143-a7c626447812/Images/Documentation/image020_008.png)
2. On the **Grade Names** tab choose a **Grade Type** of “Grade” (or whichever grade type is desired) and at the bottom add a new grade name.
3. Click the **Save** button and close.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/59db2ca4-e512-446a-a143-a7c626447812/Images/Documentation/image015_012.png)
4. Open **Grade Specification**.
5. Select the newly created grade and select a process area.
6. Select the **Copy Grade** option on the upper right of the **Grade Specification** screen.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/59db2ca4-e512-446a-a143-a7c626447812/Images/Documentation/image022_020.jpg)
7. In the **Copy Grade Limits** form, select an existing grade as the **Copy From** grade.
8. Select same process area as earlier in both places.
9. In the grid, choose the newly created grade.
10. Set **New Limit Version Start** to today’s date.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/59db2ca4-e512-446a-a143-a7c626447812/Images/Documentation/image024_020.jpg)
11. Click the **Copy** button at the bottom.
12. In the **Grade Specification** window, choose the new grade and the process to see the copied grade specification.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/59db2ca4-e512-446a-a143-a7c626447812/Images/Documentation/image026_021.jpg)