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title: Duplicate a model
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# Duplicate a model
You can quickly create and customize a [Coveo Machine Learning (Coveo ML)](https://docs.coveo.com/en/188/) [model](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1012/) by duplicating an existing model.
This can save time when you want to create a new [model](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1012/) with a similar configuration to another model, but with modifications.

> **Note**
>
> Duplicating a [model](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1012/) replicates only the configuration of the original [model](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1012/), and not the model data.
> The new [model](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1012/) starts with no data and is trained based on the new configuration.

To duplicate a model

. On the [**Models**](https://platform.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/ai-and-ml/models/) ([platform-ca](https://platform-ca.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/ai-and-ml/models/) | [platform-eu](https://platform-eu.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/ai-and-ml/models/) | [platform-au](https://platform-au.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/ai-and-ml/models/)) page, click the model that you want to duplicate, and then click **More** > **Duplicate** in the Action bar.

You should now see a new model named **<duplicated model name>_copy**.

. Make changes to the configuration of the new model by [editing the model](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1832/).

> **Note**
>
> A duplicated model starts to build automatically as soon as it's created.
> However, editing and saving the duplicated model automatically initiates a rebuild based on the model's new configuration.

## Required privileges


By default, members with the [required privileges](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1832#required-privileges) can view and edit elements of the [**Models**](https://platform.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/ai-and-ml/models/) ([platform-ca](https://platform-ca.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/ai-and-ml/models/) | [platform-eu](https://platform-eu.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/ai-and-ml/models/) | [platform-au](https://platform-au.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/ai-and-ml/models/)) page.

The following table indicates the privileges required to use elements of the **Models** page and associated panels (see [Manage privileges](https://docs.coveo.com/en/3151/) and [Privilege reference](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1707/)).

[cols="3",options="header"]
|===
|Action
|Service - Domain
|Required access level

|View models
|Machine Learning - Models  
Organization - Organization  
Search - Query pipelines
|View

.2+|Edit models
|Organization - Organization  
Search - Query pipelines
|View

|Machine Learning - Models
|Edit
|===

## What's next?

* Test your changes to make sure that the model behaves as expected.

* To use the model within your search experience, it needs to be associated with a [query pipeline](https://docs.coveo.com/en/180/) (see [Associate a model with a query pipeline](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2816#associate-a-model-with-a-query-pipeline)).