Importing a configuration

Importing a repository configuration loads the settings from a repository that was previously exported as described in Exporting the configuration.

Importing a configuration is useful for several purposes:

• To restore the system's configuration to a known point in time, such as before major changes were made.
• To rebuild a repository configuration after a disaster.
• To duplicate the configuration of another Meridian Explorer repository.

The following table lists the configuration items that can be imported and describes how the items are imported.

Configuration items

Item	Description
Property definitions (document, tag, project)	If an item already exists in the repository, it is skipped.
Object types (document, tag, project)
Reference types (document, tag)
Filters (document, tag, project)
Security settings Global permissions User roles Permission levels Memberships Item-level security hierarchy and values(document, tag) Project security (permission levels for user roles)	All security settings will be removed and replaced by the settings in the configuration file. If a user or group is missing, it will be ignored. This can happen when importing a configuration that was exported from a server with different users and groups. The memberships are applied to all projects. If a group already has global permissions, they are skipped. If a role is applied to a hierarchy value, the value is created so that the security will apply as expected when the value is used later. The value must not already exist.

To import a configuration:

1. In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, in the Repositories group, click the name of the repository that you want to import. The repository overview page appears.
2. In the app bar, click IMPORT. The IMPORTING REPOSITORY CONFIGURATION dialog box appears to prompt you for the location of the file to import.
3. Click the folder icon . The Open dialog box appears.
4. Navigate to and select a local compressed archive file (the default is <RepositoryName>.zip) that you want to import and then click Open. The filename appears in the Configuration field.
5. Click UPLOAD. A confirmation dialog box appears.
6. Click YES. A background task is started and you can continue working.

When the process has completed, the changes are effective immediately.