Go to the Backup and Restore menu to create and manage backups of your namespaces.
Menu Backup and Restore contains two buttons:
Upload backup: Use this button if you want to restore an earlier version of a namespace.
Create new backup: Click this button to create a new backup from a selected namespace.
Expert Advice
Backups in the administration menu are always created for an entire namespace. If you want to create a backup copy of a single project or model, use the export function in the explorer.
Creating a Backup
Backups are always created for an entire namespace.
Click the Create new backup button to open section Select Namespace and click the namespace for which you want to create the backup.
Enter a name for your backup.
As soon as field Name contains content and a namespace has been chosen, the Start backup button is enabled.
Click the button to create your backup.
Confirm the confirmation prompt to start the process.
Various notifications show the progress of the process:
Backup process started
Generating file...
Backup process finished successfully
The backup is attached to the list of backups.
The list is sorted by creation date and contains the following information:
Name
Namespace
Creation Date
Status
Managing Backups
Use the backup list to manage your backups.
Click the icon to download the zip file of a backup.
To delete a backup from the list, click icon .
You need to confirm the deletion in the pop-up window to proceed.
Restoring a Backup
You can restore data from downloaded backup files.
Use the Upload backup button to open the section of the same name.
To select the file you want to upload, click the Choose file button.
The name of the selected file is displayed. If you want to select a different file, use the Change file button.
The file's name is also displayed in field Name.
Change the contents of the Name field to rename the backup before restoring it.
The Confirm button is only enabled after the user has selected the namespace to which the file is to be uploaded.
A notification indicates the successful upload.
The uploaded file is added to the list of backups under the chosen name.