Import dashboards, data feeds, and aliases

You can import dashboards, data feeds, and aliases using the MashZone NextGen Admin Console.

The artifacts are stored in a ZIP file containing the artifact definitions and permissions, etc. If you import an artifact including permissions, the creator of the artifact can view and edit the artifact. The importer of an artifact automatically becomes the creator of the artifact if the artifact is imported without permissions.

Prerequisites

You have administration privileges.

Procedure

  1. Open the MashZone NextGen Admin Console.
  2. Click Import/Export -> Import/Export in the Administration menu.
  3. Select the artifact type you want to import into MashZone NextGen.
  4. Enable the Overwrite if existing option to overwrite the same already existing artifacts. By default, the import is rejected if the artifacts already exist in MashZone NextGen.
  5. Enable the Import permissions option to also import the permissions of the selected artifacts.
  6. Click Select a ZIP file to select the file containing the artifacts you want to import.
  7. Click Test run to start a test run, to check for possible conflicts with different MashZone NextGen editions.
  8. Click Import to import the selected artifacts.

The selected artifacts are imported.

When the import is completed successfully, you can use the imported artifacts in MashZone NextGen.