Definition
Deep Clone Product Settings is a Setup page where administrators configure the behavior of the deep clone feature for Products and related records. It controls which child records are included when a Product is cloned, such as price book entries, product features, and related configurations.
Real-World Example
The admin at Summit Retail enables Deep Clone Product Settings so that when the product team clones an existing Product record, all related price book entries, product images, and configuration records are automatically copied to the new Product. This saves the team from manually recreating these associated records for each new product variant.
Why Deep Clone Product Settings Matters
Deep Clone Product Settings is a Setup page where administrators configure which child records are automatically duplicated when a Product record is cloned in Salesforce. Standard cloning only copies the parent record's field values, but deep cloning extends this to include related records such as price book entries, product features, product images, and custom child objects. This configuration is essential for organizations with complex product catalogs where each product has extensive associated data that must be duplicated as a complete unit, not just the top-level record.
As product catalogs grow and product configurations become more complex, the ability to deep clone saves enormous amounts of manual effort. Without deep clone settings enabled, creating a new product variant means cloning the parent record and then manually recreating every price book entry, configuration option, and related record, a process that can take hours for complex products and introduces the risk of missing or incorrectly copying critical data. Organizations that sell configurable products, maintain multiple price books for different regions or channels, or have extensive product metadata find that properly configured deep clone settings transform product management from a tedious, error-prone process into a reliable, efficient operation.
How Organizations Use Deep Clone Product Settings
- Summit Retail — Summit Retail's product team uses deep clone settings to duplicate seasonal product variants. When they clone their 'Winter Jacket - Standard' product, all 8 price book entries (wholesale, retail, clearance for 3 regions), 12 product images, and 5 configuration records for size and color options are automatically copied to the new product variant, saving 45 minutes of manual data entry per product.
- Atlas Electronics — Atlas Electronics configured Deep Clone Product Settings to include technical specification records and compatibility matrix entries when cloning hardware products. When launching a new model in a product line, engineers clone the predecessor and modify only the changed specifications rather than rebuilding the entire product record and its 30+ related records from scratch.
- Meridian Software — Meridian Software uses deep clone to duplicate software license products across their 6 regional price books when launching new subscription tiers. The deep clone copies all price book entries, entitlement templates, and feature flag configurations, ensuring that the new tier is immediately available for quoting in all regions with the correct pricing and feature set.