Creating a Standalone Assembly from a Template, Assembly, or View

You can use the Home page to create an assembly based on a template, assembly, submitted, or approved view.

You can also use the Create eCTD wizard.

Note: You must have the appropriate security privileges to create a standalone assembly.
To create an assembly based on a template, assembly, or a submitted or approved view:
  1. On the home page, click New > Standalone Assembly.
  2. On the Create Assembly page, click Existing Template, Assembly or View.
  3. Click Browse.
  4. Find and select the template, assembly, or view. Do either of the following:
    • On the Search tab, use the Search Assembly wizard.
    • On any other tab, click the versions or view types from which you want to select an assembly. Select an assembly.
    Note: If you click Show, you can select only the assembly root. You cannot create an assembly from any other node.
  5. For Use Source Publishing Settings Library, click Yes or No to indicate whether the new assembly will use the publishing settings library that the source assembly uses.
    • If you clicked Yes, then for Import Publishing Elements, click Yes or No to indicate whether the new assembly will use the publishing elements that the source assembly uses.
    • If you clicked No for Use Source Publishing Settings Library, then click the publishing settings library that the new assembly will use.
  6. For Retarget Copied Reference Leafs, click a value to retarget (change) or preserve the destinations of links in the reference leafs that are copied to the assembly that you create.
  7. Save.
  8. Enter attribute values for the assembly.
  9. Click Create.