Importing an Export File

Important: Make sure you read the Business Rules topic to understand how your data will be imported.
Use the following steps to import an export file into a local server configuration.
  1. Open the Server Administration tool.
  2. Select a server configuration.
  3. Stop the server.
  4. Click Tools > Import Export Manager > Import from backup file.
    Note: You can also import directly from a local server configuration. Click Tools > Import Export Manager > Import from server configuration. Select the server configuration and ignore the next step.
  5. Next to the Choose file on disk to import from field, click Browse to select the backup file to use.
  6. Check the Merge Users and Groups checkbox if you want to merge users and groups.
  7. Check the Rename projects upon conflict checkbox if you want to have projects renamed upon conflict. If there is a conflict, you will be given a chance to rename the imported projects.
  8. Check the Ignore filters and queries checkbox if you want to ignore filters or queries during the import.
  9. Check the Ignore Audits checkbox to ignore audits during the import.
  10. Check the Ignore disabled properties in source server checkbox if you want to ignore properties that have been disabled on the source server.
  11. Check the Intervene upon merge conflicts checkbox if you want to show all conflicts in a window during import. From there, you can choose to either use the source or target values.
  12. Click Import. If you selected Intervene upon merge conflicts and there are conflicts, the Handle conflicts during import dialog box displays. Select how you want conflicts to be handled. A message, The Import operation completed successfully, displays when the import is complete.
Parent topic: Importing