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

The Export Pane can be opened from the

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, which in the bottom right of the PhixFlow window. The Configuration Export panel pane contains the list of objects that are to be exported.

The Data is exported to an XML file (format) for download via the browser.

You can drag and drop  The export pane can also be used to copy a set of configuration components.

Drag model elements (streams, collectors etc) from other panels into this panel and then hit the Image Removedbutton to export the selected objects.

Objects exported to an XML file can be modified elsewhere (i.e. in another PhixFlow Instance) and re-imported to the Instance that they were exported from. To prevent mix-ups, when this happens :

  • 1. The links to other PhixFlow elements are retained
  • 2. The pipes to those other PhixFlow elements are set to NOT Enabled
  • 3. When an imported element name is the same as an elements that already exists, the imported name is changed by adding "_2" to it (or "_3" if "_2" already exists).

 

The Image Removed button will create copies of the selected objects in the current PhixFlow instance - changing the names by adding "_2" to them (or "_3" if "_2" already exists).

 pane, then click either the Export or Copy button.

You can also drag in actions that do not have a parent stream. These appear in the repository → Actions branch.

The data is exported as a zip file, which is temporarily saved in the download area. You should download the file as soon as it is available, as your administrator may have set an expiry time. 

On the Export Pane you may optionally enter a name and description for the file. The description will appear in

  • the download area
  • the header.xml file in the configuration export zip file
  • log file messages generated by the export process and when the file is imported.


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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.