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title: "Entity Clone module"
date: "2018-10-24T09:26:32+00:00"
summary: "Easily clone Drupal entities with the Entity Clone module. Learn compatibility notes, usage tips, and configuration steps for seamless integration with Site Studio's layout canvas feature."
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The Entity Clone module introduces a new entity operation to clone many configuration and content entities from Drupal core. For more information, visit the [Entity Clone](https://www.drupal.org/project/entity_clone) page on Drupal.org.

Important

The Site Studio Layout canvas field is an entity reference to a Layout canvas entity. This field must maintain a one-to-one relationship with the parent entity. Set the Layout canvas entity to clone automatically when cloning an entity with a Layout canvas field.

When you clone an entity with a layout canvas, parent entities use the same Layout canvas entity and may override each other. To prevent this, configure the entity clone settings:

1.  Navigate to **Configuration** > **Content authoring** > **Entity clone settings**.
2.  Select the **Checkboxes default value** and **Hide checkboxes** options for the Layout canvas entity.
    
    ![3610a62a-entity-clone-settings.png](https://acquia.widen.net/content/1d3dc487-650c-4128-b245-6673330337b4/web/3610a62a-entity-clone-settings.png?h=720&itok=lOga7yQE)
    
3.  Apply one of the following patches to resolve issues when cloning an entity with a Site Studio layout canvas:
    
    *   [1.0-beta7](https://www.drupal.org/project/entity_clone/issues/3013286#comment-14810095)
    *   [2.0.0-alpha1](https://www.drupal.org/project/entity_clone/issues/3013286#comment-14810114)
    
    For more information, refer to [Entity Clone module issue queue](https://www.drupal.org/project/entity_clone/issues/3013286#comment-14810114).