• In order for you to branch a document you must have permission to create documents and edit document properties in the target project.

• You can branch one document or multiple documents at once.

• Your administrator determines who can branch documents and how and when traces are propagated into the newly branched document(s).

• You can view the details of an item branch on the Branches tab of the Item Detail view.

• Once a branch is created, it cannot be undone.

• The parent item remains unchanged during a branch operation. The branched item copies current field information from the parent item. A new entry is added to the parent item Branches tab.

• Your administrator configures which fields in the type will be copied to the new item. Fields are copied regardless of whether you have permission to view or edit them.

• Branching a versioned document is a way to continue development of a document from a specific version of the document from its history. Subdocuments are always included when branching versioned documents (the Included documents and Inserted documents options are selected and cannot be changed).