The administrator reserves the right to export or import the whiteboards and users by
using the Export and Import menu option in the user
interface. The exported data can be used as a backup of the IBM Architecture Room LIVE! instance with all its whiteboards and
users that are available at the time of exporting, and can be imported when needed.
Procedure
Exporting Whiteboards or Users
Importing Whiteboards or Users: You can choose to import the whiteboards and
users separately or together.
- Complete the following steps to import whiteboards or users.
- Log in as an administrator.
- Go the Administration menu and select the Import
option.The Import Whiteboards dialog box is displayed.
- A list of existing folder names with the previously exported data is displayed. Select the
folder that you want to import. You can also check the available folders in the following path in
the installation location to ensure that you are importing the correct data: <install
folder>\ExportImportScripts\data\<tagname>. You can also preview the list of available
whiteboards of the file that you choose to import.
Alternatively, to download the ZIP file, click the download link
adjacent to the exported data folders.
- You can select the Import Users' information check box to import the
users data as well.
- Click Delete all Existing Whiteboards if you want the existing
whiteboards to be deleted and replaced with the imported data.
If you select to import both whiteboards and users, the data is validated, and if the
user information is found to be unavailable in the folder you selected, the import operation
fails.
- Click Import. Once the import is complete, a message is displayed stating
the import is completed successfully.
Note: When you import data, the data will be merged with the existing data in the
application. It means that, along with the imported data, the new data such as the updated or new
whiteboards, templates, or users that are created after the export was executed is retained.
Click Close to exit the import dialog box. The server restarts
and refreshes the application with the imported data.