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Configuration Export is the way that applications and miscellaneous configuration components are exported from PhixFlow. You may want to export your configuration for a number of reasons - e.g. to back up an application, or set of configuration components, you are working on; or so that you can import it somewhere else.

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Passwords

Passwords Saved in PhixFlow

Exported files do not include any passwords from the PhixFlow system, such as passwords for:

  • user accounts
  • accessing external data, for example via HTTP or FTP collectors.
Note

If you are planning to import an exported configuration to another PhixFlow instance, you may need to update the passwords in that instance.

Providing a Password to Encrypt the Exported File

By default, when you download an exported file, it is encrypted. You must provide a password that you can then use when you import the file into another instance. 

Using the Export Pane to Copy

In addition to being able to export items ready for import to another instance, you can also copy items into the same instance using the copy option.

In PhixFlow, items are often associated with other items. For example a stream is run by an analysis task or a style is used by a layout component. When making a copy, PhixFlow does not update associated items. The following table provides some examples:


Item copiedAssociated itemsWhat happens to associated items
StreamA is copied to streamB.An analysis task runs streamA.The analysis task is not changed and only runs streamA.
Shared-style1 is copied to shared-style2.There are 10 layout components that use shared-style1.

Shared-style2 has no components.

The 10 layout components that use shared-style1 are not changed.