Backup and Restore of External Source Models

Power users can back up and restore External Source Models and their artifacts. The Model Backup menu item is available only to Power users and can be found on the More menu of the External Source Models listed in Model Manager. The Model Restore icon is on the menu ribbon and is available only to Power users.

This feature is available only in Spotlight on the Web.

All backup and restore operations are recorded in the Audit Log.

You can back up the ESM two ways:

• Without Data: backs up the model metadata, ESM model definition including fields and formulas, ESM maps, and view artifacts.

• All: backs up the same items as Without Data and also backs up all of the data. If you do not have the option to backup All, then you need to request Backup Data to be enabled on your application.

Dynamic Planning creates a .ZIP file and saves it to the Downloads folder locally. The maximum size of the .ZIP file is 200MB or as configured for your application.

As with analytic and master models, you can restore the model as is or restore it with a different name. Restore is available on the menu ribbon. It restores all related artifacts and creates the external source model. The ESM will be in a generated state.