Importing views

Importing views loads view configuration information from a repository that was previously exported.

Importing views 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.

Note    If views in the source repository were configured with item filters, the item filters are excluded from the import.

To import views:

1. In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, in the Repositories group, click Views. The Explorer Views page appears and lists the existing views.
2. In the app bar, click IMPORT. The IMPORT VIEWS 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 the compressed archive file (the default is Views.zip) that you want to import and then click Open. The filename appears in the Views field.
5. Click UPLOAD. The file is uploaded by your browser and then the IMPORT VIEWS dialog box appears and lists the repositories for which views were found in the file.
6. Select the repositories for which you want to import views and then click IMPORT. The views for the selected repository are imported.

After importing views, you might need to modify their configuration before deploying to them. If the imported views are different from the active views, they will need to be deployed as described in Deploying the current views before the changes will be available to users.