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Rename, duplicate, delete

Every lens has a kebab (three-dot) menu with housekeeping actions. You need at least control permission on a lens to rename or delete it. Owners can do everything.

  1. Open Foundation Home and find the lens, or open the lens itself.
  2. From Foundation Home: hover the lens card and click the menu, then choose Rename. From inside a lens: click the lens name in the toolbar, then choose Rename from the lens menu.
  3. Edit the name in the dialog and click Save.

The URL updates automatically, but the old URL keeps redirecting so existing links won’t break.

Duplicating is the fastest way to spin up a new lens with the same structure as an existing one — great for quarterly rollovers or team-specific variants of a program view.

  1. Open the lens’s menu (from Foundation Home or the lens toolbar).
  2. Choose Duplicate.
  3. Enter a name for the copy and click Duplicate.

Foundation copies:

  • The hierarchy (all issue rows and Flex Items in the same order).
  • All views, with their columns, sorts, and formatting rules.
  • Sync Agents (they’ll re-run against Jira on first open of the copy).

Foundation does not copy:

  • Permissions. You become the owner of the copy; re-share it as needed.
  • Jira issues themselves — issues are referenced, not cloned.

Deleting a lens removes its hierarchy, views, Sync Agents, and permissions from Foundation. The Jira issues referenced in the lens are not touched.

  1. Open the lens’s menu.
  2. Choose Delete.
  3. Read the confirmation dialog carefully. Deletion is permanent.
  4. Type the lens name to confirm (or click Delete if your site doesn’t require typed confirmation).

If you’re leaving a team, don’t delete the lens — transfer it. Open the Share dialog, then use Transfer ownership to hand off the lens to another user. See Share a lens.