Importing a workspace

You can import workspaces that are exported from Rational® Focal Point™. You might want to import workspaces when you move a workspace from one installation to another.

About this task

When you import a new workspace, links to other workspaces are ignored and baselines are not included. To import a workspace, you must be a global administrator or have the Workspace permission.
Note: Because the server uses many resources to import workspaces, import workspaces when few users are logged in.

Procedure

  1. Click General and select Workspaces.
  2. Click Import Workspace.
  3. Click Browse and find the .fpz file that has the workspace to import. Click OK.
    Note: If you do not have a file that contains a workspace, you must export a workspace. When the workspace is exported, an XML representation of the workspace is stored in a compressed file that has the extension .fpz. The compressed file contains both the XML files and files that were uploaded to file attributes in the workspace, such as images.
  4. In the page that is displayed, map the members in the imported workspace to users in the database. You can create a user to map a member to by clicking Add as new user. Every member in the workspace must be mapped to a user, and each user can be mapped to only one member.
    Tip: If the user does not match the imported member, map the member to another user. If the number of users exceeds 50 or the imported workspace has more than 100 members, a lookup window opens.
  5. Click OK.

Results

The import starts and the progress of the import is displayed. After the workspace is imported, click the workspace link to open the workspace.

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