Import a CustomTools Profile

Use the CustomTools Import Profile feature to import your CustomTools Profiles (*.cfg, *.ctprof) and the Teamworks Custom Property Manager Configuration Files (*.twx) into your CustomTools database.

NOTE: In order to be able to import a profile, it has to be exported before hand.

Run CustomTools Administration tool and then login to the database where you want to import the profile to.

1. In the Database View, right-click the Profiles node and select Import Profile.

   The Import Profile dialog box appear.

TIP: An alternative way to start importing a profile to CustomTools database is to click the Import Profile command located in the Profile Settings group in ribbon.

Importing the database profile:

• Look in. Shows the name of current folder. The contents of the current folder are shown in the content view.
• File name. Specifies the name of the file to be opened. You can also type the whole path into this box.
• Files of type. The type of the file to be opened. The content view shows only the same type of files as defined here. You can import the following types of the profile/configuration files:
• CustomTools Profile files exported from CustomTools 2009 or newer version (.ctprof)
• CustomTools 3.x configuration files (.cfg)
• CPM 9 configuration files (.twx)
  
  
• Recent folders. Shows the folders that are recently used.
• Open. Opens the Profile Creation Wizard used to finish the profile import process.

Profiles imported using the CPM 9 configuration file as the source file, does not have the any CustomProperties enabled in search by default. The user can set the desired CustomProperties enabled in search using the CustomProperty Wizard after importing the CPM 9 profile into the CustomTools database. Please refer to the CustomProperty Wizard help for more information.

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