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How do I make a backup of the smart content group assignments I currently have?

DollyGirlDollyGirl Posts: 2,657
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

I have made several smart content groups and then assigned products to them. Examples are, Free, Free but gone, paid. I want to be able to back up these assignments just in case I mess up. Where do I look to find this data. Do I have to save a copy of the CMS database or is there another file that contains these relationships between product and group?

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,718
    edited June 2019

    You can back-up the database, with DS, DIM, and Carrara closed, but that will back-up everything. Another option is to use the Content DB Maintenance dialogue, launched from the Content Library option menu (the lined button in the top corner or right-click the tab) to Export User Data, which will create a Userdata#.dsx file in /Runtime/Support/ which I think will carry most grouping (it doesn't seem to carry the New group)

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  • DollyGirlDollyGirl Posts: 2,657

    Thank you Richard. Lucky me I am not using the New group except when I am uploading new content and I am tracking what I have and have not done. I will do some testing with your second suggestion. I was hoping that there would be a way to add the group into the support files. Then I would have a nice solid "hard copy" of what the smart content looks like. Working with Studio can give a person a headache, is it getting the info from cache or from the database records. Thanks again for your help.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,718

    Ah, yes - you will need to copy the group information files across (the ones you created following http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/panes/smart_content/results_view/start#group )

  • DollyGirlDollyGirl Posts: 2,657

    Thank you, already done. I have a Projects directory that contains that kind of stuff. Just needed to have the information that lists the Products to group relationships. I am tired of having to do things manually. Upgrading to a new version of Studio tends to cause me to loose stuff, from a combination of not knowing where things are stored and choosing the wrong options. So I decided that if I had those files I could keep them from the idiot sevant (me) who is installing new software.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,718

    Yeah, I think I have enverything I need backed up - then realise I missed something.

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