Import Profile

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

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

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)
ToolWorks configuration files (*.sdhini)

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 Properties enabled in search by default. The user can set the desired Properties enabled in search using the Property Wizard after importing the CPM 9 profile into the CUSTOMTOOLS database. Please refer to the Property Wizard help for more information.

Define a name the imported profile is shown as, in the CUSTOMTOOLS database in the Profile Wizard: Step 1 dialog box.

Profile name	The Profile name box determines a name which the imported profile is about to be shown as in the CUSTOMTOOLS database. By default, the source profile filename appear in the Profile name box. If the default profile name is not the one you would like to call the profile as, in the CUSTOMTOOLS database, replace the current profile name in the Profile name box with your desired one.
Set profile active	Select the Set profile active option to automatically set the imported profile as active on import process. The active profile in CUSTOMTOOLS database means the profile that is being used by all CUSTOMTOOLS workstations that uses the selected CUSTOMTOOLS database.

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