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# Plant backup dialog

The plant backup functionality enables you to save specific data or all data relating to the current plant from Admin, the Designer or the Reporter, or from the command line.

Note

With user administration [active](/acron-9.3/en/anlagenkonfiguration/benutzerverwaltung/benutzergruppen-benutzer.md#bv-aktiv), archiving for local plants is only available in the ACRON Reporter if the [Data backup](/acron-9.3/en/anlagenkonfiguration/benutzerverwaltung/benutzergruppe/zugriffsrechte_reporter.md#sicherung) option is enabled in the Reporter area.

It is only possible to restore the data by choosing 'Restore plant' in Admin.

### Date of last backup

Time of last backup

### Scope of backup

* Full backup\*

  The complete plant configuration and all data are saved.
* Configuration only\*

  The plant configuration data are backed up (manually recorded values and process data are not backed up). You should back up the plant configuration after every configuration change.
* All measurement data

  All manually recorded values and process data are backed up (the plant configuration is not backed up).
* Specific measurement data

  All manually recorded values and process data for a specific period are saved.

  Time frame from: Start time of the desired backup

  Time frame to: End time of the desired backup

### Backup path

The displayed backup path is generated by the following rule:

* The backup path configured in Plant Management is used.
* If user administration is active, the backup path entered in the specific user's profile is used.

  Note

  Once the Data backup area has been selected in the Reporter, the Reporter remembers the displayed path. If the path is deleted from there, the one from user administration is used.
* If the above criteria produce no backup path, the data are backed up to a temporary plant-specific path (PlantPath/Temporary).
* If you have the relevant user rights, you can choose any backup path you want.

### Backup path button

Standard Windows selection dialog in which you can configure or select the archiving path.

## Name

The name of the backup file is generated from the type of backup as follows:

* Full backup\*

  YYYYMMDD\_BackupAll\_PlantIdentification.zip
* Configuration backup

  YYYYMMDD\_BackupConfig\_PlantIdentification.zip
* Back up all measurement data

  YYYYMMDD\_BackupDataAll\_PlantIdentification.zip
* Back up specific measurement data

  YYYYMMDD\_BackupDataPart\_PlantIdentification.zip

  YYYYMMDD = date of current plant backup

Note

If you have the relevant user privileges, you can choose any backup file you want.

If the folder `UserData` contains subdirectories with files that are recognized as suitable by ACRON backup, these are also included in the backup.

Not suitable are files with the file extensions \*.bak, \*.d02, \*.lok, \*.ls1, \*.lsp, \*.lsv, \*.new, \*.old, \*.tmp, \*.wbk, \*.zip

\* Configuration data should only be restored when you are intending to overwrite the current version.


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