Back Up ElastiCube and Dashboards

Before changing the ElastiCube or dashboards, create a backup copy. This backup copy can then be used to roll back your changes, if needed.

In this article:

• Creating an ElastiCube backup copy
• Restoring ElastiCube from a backup
• Creating a dashboard backup
• Importing a dashboard from a backup

Creating an ElastiCube backup copy

To create a copy of the ElastiCube:

1. From the Windows Start menu, choose All Programs > SiSense > SiSense ElastiCube Manager.

2. Click File.

   

3. Click Save ElastiCube As.

   You are prompted to save the file with a name and location of your choosing. The ElastiCube file is saved with the .ecube extension.

4. Click Save.

Restoring ElastiCube from a backup

You can use a backup copy to restore ElastiCube.

To restore ElastiCube from a backup:

1. Use Windows Explorer to navigate to the folder where the ElastiCube .ecube files are located.
2. Rename the current ElastiCube file in order to distinguish it as a file no longer in use, for example, rename QS_ ElastiCube.ecube to the name QS_ ElastiCube_archive_1.ecube.
3. Rename the ElastiCube file that is now to be used as the current one as QS_ ElastiCube.ecube.
4. From the Windows Start menu, choose All Programs > SiSense > SiSense ElastiCube Manager.

5. Click File.

   

6. Click Open ElastiCube File.

   

7. Click Build .

   

8. Select Build Entire ElastiCube and click Build .

Creating a dashboard backup

Before changing an existing dashboard, create a backup of the dashboard so you can always roll back your changes.

To create a backup of a dashboard:

1. Open CloudShell Portal and click Insight.

   

2. Select the dashboard and click theOptions button. Click Export.

   

3. The dashboard downloads to your default download folder and is saved with a *.dash extension. For example: "AutomationSuites.dash".

4. Repeat step 2 until the dashboards are exported.

Importing a dashboard from a backup

To import a dashboard from a backup:

1. Open CloudShell Portal and click Insight.

   

2. Click the Options button and then click Import Dashboards.

    

   

3. Browse to the folder containing the exported dashboard.

   The dashboards have *.dash file extensions.

4. Select the dashboard file and click Open.
5. In the Import Dashboard window, click OK.

6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 until you have imported the dashboards.