Where are categories stored?

krickerd

As in, what file is [the category] this data stored in?  I just spent 3 days categorizing all my products to make associations and browsing easier and I don't want to lose it should things go sour.  Browsing under the "Studio" and "My Library" folders have not revealed where DS is storing category info.

Pendraia

Iirc, it's a while since I did it. You used to be able to export the data to ensure it was saved.  I'm not on a computer at the moment so can't look it up. 

 

Google and I found this https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/72620/content-library-categories-import-export-help?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=PerformanceMaxNurturingInternational&utm_content=&utm_term=&utm_matchtype=&utm_creative=&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1vSZBhDuARIsAKZlijR7BnIKt6QoeC3peersS8elTLBFVm3eCv6q7T9ThrnGUE1ytwpXgLEaAqOCEALw_wcB

Hope it's useful. 

Richard Haseltine

You can also back up the database itself, as long as it isn't in use at the time. it's location is given in the Content Cluster field in Edit>Preferences (Daz Studio>Preferencs for a Mac) in the CMS Settings tab.

ShelLuser

As said: meta-data like categories are stored in the database, and luckily enough this is done by PostgreSQL which is an open-source and well documented database. So... you can even back up the database using its own utilities such as pg_dump.

On Windows the physical database is stored in %appdata%\DAZ 3D\cms\ContentCluster. The reason this is good to know is because of "pg_hba.conf" and "postgresql.conf" which can be used to enforce the required credentials if so needed. Still... default username is "dazcms" (no password) and the database is called "Content".

I personally prefer using pg_dump because it gives you much more control over the whole thing. Well, either that or just dump the physical database files of course.