Copy existing relationship types to create new relationship types, which would have the same relationship type definition except for the name. The relationship phrase and role pairs are also copied over, but you need to append a prefix or suffix to each copied role to keep all roles unique.
You can also copy all relationships along with the relationship type. For example, the relationship that Joe is the employee of Oracle exists for the Oracle Employment relationship type. You copy the relationship type, name it OracleHQ Employment, and prefix the relationship roles with HQ. If you also copy the relationships, you would get this relationship with the OracleHQ Employment type: Joe is the HQ employee of Oracle.
Before you define the new relationship type in the Copy Relationship Type page, you first find and view the relationship type that you want to copy from. See: Viewing and Converting Relationship Types.
Instead of using the Copy of Relationship Type page, you can also run the Copy Relationship Type and All Relationships program, if available to you.
Enter these parameters to run the Copy Relationship Type and All Relationships program from Standard Request Submission.
Source Relationship Type: Enter the relationship type you are copying from.
Target Relationship Type: Enter the name of the new relationship type, which cannot be the same as the source relationship type name.
Target Relationship Type Role Prefix: Enter the prefix for the copied relationship roles. You can only enter either a prefix or suffix, not both.
Target Relationship Type Role Suffix: Enter the suffix for the copied relationship roles. You can only enter either a prefix or suffix, not both.
Relationship Valid Date: Enter the start date for all copied relationships. You do not copy relationships along with the relationship type unless you enter this date.