User Manual

Moving Projects From One Database to
Another on the Same Workstation
If you’ve used multiple databases to organize your projects, you can browse the contents of
each database to search for what you’re looking for, and then copy one or more projects from
one database to another if you need to rearrange how they’re organized.
To view the contents of a database:
1 Click the button at the upper-left hand corner of the Projects window to open the
Databases sidebar.
2 Click to select a database in the sidebar, and an orange highlight will appear
If you had a project already open, you’ll be asked if you want to save it before closing,
because all open projects must be closed prior to viewing the contents of another
database. Then, the projects corresponding to that user within the selected database
appear in the Project Manager window.
To import a project from another database using the Databases sidebar:
1 Click the button at the upper-left hand corner of the Projects window to open the
Databases sidebar.
2 Click to select a database in the sidebar, and if necessary use the drop-down menu at
the right of the database listing to choose a specific user. The projects corresponding
to that user within the selected database appear in the Project Manager window.
3 Select a project you want to import, and press Command-C to copy it.
4 Click to select the current database again (the database you want to work within).
5 Press Command-V to paste the project you copied. A copy appears in the
currentdatabase.
For more detail on shared database setup and operation, see Chapter 177, “Managing
Databases and Project Servers.”
To import Project Settings from another project using the Databases sidebar:
1 Click the button at the upper-left hand corner of the Projects window to open the
Databases sidebar.
2 Select a project you want to import Project Settings to so that it’s highlighted.
3 If necessary, click to select another database in the sidebar, and optionally use
the drop-down menu at the right of the database listing to choose a specific user.
The projects corresponding to that user within the selected database appear in the
Project Manager window.
4 Right-click any project and choose “Load Project Settings to Current Project.”
That project’s settings will be copied to the project you selected in step 2.
Managing Databases in the Databases Sidebar
Controls within the Databases sidebar make it easy to create new databases (via the button at
the bottom), upgrade databases that have been flagged (via circular badges), import and export
databases (via buttons at the top), and reveal additional information about each database (via
buttons at the top of this sidebar).
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