Example: Adding years by copying data from the same alternative

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The plan has two alternatives: Alternative 1 and Alternative 2. Each alternative contains two years: 2019 and 2020.

Alternative 1 Alternative 2
2019 2020 2019 2020
$100 $150 $500 $600

Assume you want to add one new year to each alternative, and you want the data in these new years to be copied from the year 2020 in the alternative to which they are being added.

  1. Choose Edit > Plan Years > Add to open the Add Year(s) dialog.
  2. In the #Years to be added field, enter 1.
  3. From the Copy data from alternative field, select Same alternative.
  4. From the Copy data from year field, select 2020.
  5. Click OK.
  6. The year 2021 is added to each alternative.
Alternative 1 Alternative 2
2019 2020 2021 2019 2020 2021
$100 $150 $150 $500 $600 $600
  • The 2019 column in Alternative 1 contains data copied from the 2020 column in Alternative 1.
  • The 2019 column in Alternative 2 contains data copied from the 2020 column in Alternative 2.

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