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# Create Local Copy of a Shared Asset

To edit an existing asset locally, share the asset, then create a local copy. The original asset and local copy retain sharing properties that associate them with each other.

1.  Share an asset to a set of MIDs. In this example, the asset is shared with business units 333 and 555.

    ```
    {
     ...
     "sharingProperties" : {
         "sharedWith" : [ 333, 555 ],
         "sharingType" : "local"
     }
    }
    ```

2.  Retrieve the original asset using `GET /asset/v1/content/assets/{id}`.

3.  Create a new asset with the original asset's payload plus the sharingProperties using `POST /asset/v1/content/assets`.

    - `sharedFrom` is the asset ID of the original asset.

    - `sharedFromMID` is MID the asset came from.

      ```
      {
      ...
      "sharingProperties" : {
        "sharedFrom" : 12345,
        "sharedFromMID" : 333
      }
      }
      ```

4.  If you retrieve the original asset again, notice that the `sharingProperties` are updated with the local edit created by business unit 333. The read-only `localAssets` property stores the MID and asset ID for the local edit in the recipient MID.

    ```
    {
     "sharingProperties" : {
         "sharedWith" : [ 333, 555 ],
         "sharingType" : "local",
         "localAssets" : {
             "333" : "98765"
         }
     }
    }
    ```

    ## Related Items

    [Sharing](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/sharing.md)