All projects which have been exported using the “Manage Exports” process can be imported using the “Manage Imports” process.

When receiving project data from another environment, it is not infrequent to see that these projects have been created in another workspace.

Moreover, it is possible that some objects in the export file contain structural links to object that are not a part of the export file. In this case, the Designer will force the creation of objects having the same name.

Forced objects can be unforced either by changing their forced status in the objects dictionary, by “mass unforcing” them in the objects dictionary or by modifying their settings (description, etc.).

Forced objects are created with a validity date forced to 01/01/1900. It guarantees their invalidity and ensure these objects to not be displayed at runtime.

For information on how to perform imports, please see Executing Imports.

Additional information can be found in Understanding Excel-based Exports & Imports.