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You can export and import the following Data Modeler information:
User preferences (see User Preferences for Data Modeler)
Connections, such as ones you create for importing from a data dictionary (see Data Dictionary Import (Metadata Extraction))
Recent designs (shown if you click File, then Recent Designs)
To export this information, click Tools, then Preferences, then Data Modeler, and click Export. Be sure to specify a directory or folder that is not under the location where you installed Data Modeler, because the settings are maintained in a file named settings.xml
file in datamodeler/bin
or datamodeler\bin
under the installation location, and that file will be deleted if you later delete your current installation.
To import information that was previously exported, click Tools, then Preferences, then Data Modeler, and click Import.
If you have made changes to Data Modeler preferences but want to restore all to their original default values, you can follow these steps:
If you are running Data Modeler, exit.
Delete the current settings.xml
file or rename it (for example, to old_settings.xml
).
Start Data Modeler.
A new settings.xml
file is created in datamodeler/bin
or datamodeler\bin
under the installation location, and this file has the original default values.