Importing projects and other objects using the Import utility

You can use the UI Import utility to import the object definitions for projects and other objects that have been saved to an export file. The Import utility allows you to select objects to import from the export file.

  1. Select Administration > Import.
    Screen image of the Import panel
  2. Click Browse to locate the export XML file for the project.

    You must create the export file by using the bfexport command or the .export dot command.

  3. Select the project and the other objects to import to the UI from the export XML file.
    Note: If you import server objects, you must manually enter their server authorization passwords in the UI after importing them. The bfexport and .export commands do not save server authorization passwords to the export file.
  4. Select Replace Entities or Rename Entities (the default option) to specify whether the import utility replaces or overwrites objects with the same name or renames them.
    Important: To understand how rename and replace work, see Renaming and replacing objects on import.

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