Capsule Snapshot "restore"

Walter · 2025-02-10T16:09:29+00:00

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Hello everyone and happy Monday,
I took a capsule snapshot, uploaded the snapshot in my Dev environment.
Now, I'm looking for ways to 'restore' or 'open' this snapshot in a newly created capsule.

So far I have not been able to find an article that explains how to do this.
Is this doable in board?.

Thanks
Walter

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Hamza Mesbahi

Hi @Walter,

Your capsule snapshot will include all capsules from your source environment. To move forward with the capsule transport process after uploading your snapshot into the Dev environment, you need to create a Capsule Package. Once created, you can define the source Capsule snapshot (the uploaded one) and target snapshot (the one you would have taken from your Dev environment) to move specific/all capsules into your Dev environment.

The below Board manual article goes through the steps in detail to create a Capsule Package:

https://help.board.com/v14/docs/capsule-package#creating-a-capsule-package

Thanks,

Hamza

Hamza Mesbahi

To understand your use case correctly, @Walter, are you looking to move an entire capsule from your source environment to your target Dev environment, or just specific screens from one capsule to another in your Dev environment?

If it's the first option, you can create a Capsule Package and select "auto-compare." Board will automatically detect which capsules exist in your source snapshot but not in the target environment, and once the package is run, it will create it/them for you.

If it's the second option and you're looking to move specific screens, you’ll need a workaround. First, move the entire capsule using the Capsule Package, then use the "Save As" function to transfer individual screens from the uploaded capsule to your target capsule (see screenshots below).

Hope this helps!

Thanks,

Hamza

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Hamza Mesbahi

https://help.board.com/v14/docs/capsule-package#creating-a-capsule-package

Thanks,

Hamza

Walter

Hello @Hamza Mesbahi
Thanks for the quick respond. I get your point.
I might not have phrase my question properly.

What I am trying to do is 'open' (Visualize the screens) in this capsule.

Hamza Mesbahi

Hope this helps!

Thanks,

Hamza

Walter

@Hamza Mesbahi
Thanks, your approach was really helpful.