Import an Application

About this task

When you import an application, a copy of the application and its components (that is, plug-ins, pages, entities, queries, events, themes, and settings) is created. If an application or a component with the same name exists in the current site, then a system-generated number is appended to the name of the imported application or component. However, if a plug-in with the same name exists, the plug-in is not imported. Instead, the plug-in that already exists in the site is used in the application.
Note: For these applications to perform as expected, ensure that you resave them after importing to your system:
  • Applications containing the trend card and the breadcrumb plug-ins
  • Historian Analysis application, if imported as a duplicate (and renamed)

Before you begin

Export the application that you want to import.

Procedure

  1. In the main navigation menu, select APPS.
    The APPS workspace appears.

  2. Select Import App.
    A message appears, indicating that if there is already an application or a component with the same name, the imported application or component will contain a new name.
  3. Proceed to import the application.
  4. Navigate to the application (stored as a .zip file) that you want to import, then select Open.
    OptionDescription
    Duplicate In case of conflict, you can choose to make a duplicate copy of the application, and import to your system.
    Replace In case of conflict, you can choose to replace the existing application with the one being imported.
    A copy of the selected application is created. The Pages workspace appears, displaying a list of pages copied from the original application.