Exporting and importing report content

This topic provides instructions on exporting and importing the report content.

As a TrueSight Network Automation - Data Warehouse administrator, you can migrate your content between multiple instances, such as from QA to production. You can do this by exporting your content into an external file (such as a yfx or xml file) and then importing that file into the destination system. 

Exporting report content

Do the following:

  1.  Log in to TrueSight Network Automation - Data Warehouse console.

    1. Click Start > Programs > TrueSight Network Automation - Data Warehouse > Login.
      Alternatively, you can enter the following address into a web browser: 
      https://<appServer>:<portNumber>
      • appServer is the server that hosts TrueSight Network Automation - Data Warehouse. 
      • portNumber is the Tomcat web server secure port that you specified during installation. 

    2. Enter DWNetworkAdmin as the user name.
    3. Enter password for the DWNetworkAdmin user that you created during installation.
      You can change the password for the DWNetworkAdmin user ID later.
    4. Click LOG IN.
  2. In the left navigation bar, expand image2019-3-12_7-25-33.png  and go to Administration > Export.
  3. In the Search panel, search for the content that you want to add to the file.
  4. Drag and drop the selected content to the export list panel. You can view the status bar for a quick glimpse into the content you have selected from the file. 
  5. (Optional) To view details (description and all of its linked content/dependencies and so on) of each of the export file content, click on a content record.
  1. (Optional) To delete anything from the export list, select and drag it out of the export panel. Alternatively, you can hover over the content item you want to remove until a delete icon appears at the end, and then click on it.
  1. Click Export to display the Export window.
  1. Enter a file name.
  2. (Optional) Enable the Save as template button if you want to save the content you selected for this export file as a template and reuse it. In Template Name, enter a template name.
  3. Click Export. The exported file is saved in the directory where your downloaded items are saved, depending on your browser’s settings.

To import report content

Do the following:

  1.  Log in to TrueSight Network Automation - Data Warehouse console.

    Click here for the steps to log in to the TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse console.
    1. Click Start > Programs > TrueSight Network Automation - Data Warehouse > Login.
      Alternatively, you can enter the following address into a web browser: 
      https://<appServer>:<portNumber>
      • appServer is the server that hosts TrueSight Network Automation - Data Warehouse. 
      • portNumber is the Tomcat web server secure port that you specified during installation. 

    2. Enter DWNetworkAdmin as the user name.
    3. Enter password for the DWNetworkAdmin user that you created during installation.
      You can change the password for the DWNetworkAdmin user ID later.
    4. Click LOG IN.
  2. In the left navigation bar, expand image2019-3-12_7-25-33.png  and go to Administration > Import.
  3. In the drop box panel, drag and drop your exported file directly, or click on it and browse and search for your file.
  4. Select one of the following options and click Continue.
    • All: Select this option to import all the data from the file; this includes the primary and secondary content. If any of the data already exists in the new file, it will be added again.
    • Restore: Select this option to specify which of the primary content to import. You cannot choose between the secondary content, but the entire secondary content related to your chosen primary data will be imported as well.
    • Custom: Select this option to specify the primary and secondary content to import. You can customize the content that you want to import.
  5. If you have selected the Restore option or Custom option, perform the following steps:
    1. Click Settings.
    2. Toggle Use Existing Sources and select the applicable data source.
    3. Click Close.

    4. In the Search panel, search for the primary content that you want to import. If you have selected Restore option, you can view only the primary content in the search panel of the import page. If you have selected the Custom option, you can view the list of primary and secondary content in the search panel of the import screen.

      Note: Do not select any data sources.

      When importing the contents, do not select any data source. If a data source is selected and imported, it will create a new organization and corrupt the existing TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform instance.

    5. Drag and drop the selected content to the import list panel.

  6. Click Import. Once the import is successful, a summary of the data that was imported is displayed.
  7. Click OK.

 

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