fix(sdk): leave deepCopy, isOwnAnchor, startsWith and ignoreCase to Egeria's defaults

md_processing/data/compact_commands/commands_asset_maker_compact.json

@@ -879,6 +879,25 @@
       "max_cardinality": 1,
       "level": "Advanced",
       "Journal Entry": ""
+    },
+    "Deep Copy": {
+      "variable_name": "deep_copy",
+      "inUpdate": false,
+      "attr_labels": "",
+      "examples": "",
+      "default_value": "true",
+      "valid_values": [],
+      "existing_element": "",
+      "description": "If true (Egeria's default), the template's anchored attachments -- such as a connection and its endpoint -- are copied to the new element. Set to false to create only the top-level element.",
+      "generated": false,
+      "style": "Bool",
+      "user_specified": true,
+      "unique": false,
+      "input_required": false,
+      "min_cardinality": 0,
+      "max_cardinality": 1,
+      "level": "Advanced",
+      "Journal Entry": "2026-09-29 -- maps to TemplateRequestBody.deepCopy; pyegeria previously sent false by default."
     }
   },
   "bundles": {
@@ -920,7 +939,8 @@
         "Parent ID",
         "Parent Relationship Type Name",
         "Parent Relationship Attributes",
-        "Parent at End1"
+        "Parent at End1",
+        "Deep Copy"
       ],
       "Journal Entry": "Added 2026-09-11 -- Asset Maker family, wraps automated_curation.py's create-element-from-template methods. OM_TYPE is best-effort (not yet confirmed against a live server's type system); create-only (no Update) since the underlying OMVS methods have no update counterpart."
     },

md_processing/data/generated_format_sets.json

@@ -23687,6 +23687,14 @@
             "detail_spec": null,
             "valid_values": []
           },
+          {
+            "name": "Deep Copy",
+            "key": "deep_copy",
+            "value": null,
+            "format": false,
+            "detail_spec": null,
+            "valid_values": []
+          },
           {
             "name": "Initial Status",
             "key": "initial_status",
@@ -23778,6 +23786,14 @@
             "detail_spec": null,
             "valid_values": []
           },
+          {
+            "name": "Deep Copy",
+            "key": "deep_copy",
+            "value": null,
+            "format": false,
+            "detail_spec": null,
+            "valid_values": []
+          },
           {
             "name": "Initial Status",
             "key": "initial_status",
@@ -23890,6 +23906,14 @@
             "format": false,
             "detail_spec": null,
             "valid_values": []
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "Deep Copy",
+            "key": "deep_copy",
+            "value": null,
+            "format": false,
+            "detail_spec": null,
+            "valid_values": []
           }
         ],
         "columns": [
@@ -23981,6 +24005,14 @@
             "format": false,
             "detail_spec": null,
             "valid_values": []
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "Deep Copy",
+            "key": "deep_copy",
+            "value": null,
+            "format": false,
+            "detail_spec": null,
+            "valid_values": []
           }
         ]
       }

md_processing/v2/asset_maker.py

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ async def apply_changes(self) -> str:
                 "parentRelationshipTypeName": _v(attributes, "Parent Relationship Type Name"),
                 "parentRelationshipProperties": _v(attributes, "Parent Relationship Attributes"),
                 "parentAtEnd1": _v(attributes, "Parent at End1", True),
+                "deepCopy": _v(attributes, "Deep Copy"),
             }
             guid = await client._async_create_elem_from_template(body)
             display_name = f"{_v(attributes, 'Element Type Name')} element"

pyegeria/models/models.py

@@ -535,7 +535,9 @@ class TemplateRequestBody(RequestBody):
     template_guid: str
     replacement_properties: dict[str, Any] | None = None
     placeholder_property_values: dict[str, Any] = {}
-    deep_copy: bool | None = False
+    # None (not False): omitted from the JSON so Egeria's own default (TemplateOptions.deepCopy = true)
+    # applies. False made every create-from-template skip the template's anchored attachments.
+    deep_copy: bool | None = None
     effective_from: datetime | None = None
     effective_to: datetime | None = None
     template_substitute: bool | None = False
@@ -598,7 +600,8 @@ class NewOpenMetadataElementRequestBody(RequestBody):
     type_name: str | None = None
     initial_classifications: Dict[str, InitialClassifications] | None = None
     anchor_guid: str | None = None
-    is_own_anchor: bool | None = False
+    # None: omitted so Egeria's AnchorOptions default (isOwnAnchor=true) applies.
+    is_own_anchor: bool | None = None
     effective_from: datetime | None = None
     effective_to: datetime | None = None
     properties: dict | None = None
@@ -691,9 +694,12 @@ class FilterRequestBody(ResultsRequestBody):
 class SearchStringRequestBody(ResultsRequestBody):
     class_: Annotated[Literal["SearchStringRequestBody"], Field(alias="class")]
     search_string: str | None = None
-    starts_with: bool = True
+    # None: omitted from the JSON so Egeria's SearchOptions defaults apply
+    # (startsWith=false, ignoreCase=true). Callers that want prefix or
+    # case-sensitive matching pass the value explicitly.
+    starts_with: bool | None = None
     ends_with: bool = False
-    ignore_case: bool = False
+    ignore_case: bool | None = None
 
 
 class FindRequestBody(ResultsRequestBody):