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Can I Manually Create a Backup?

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Prerequisite: To enable Backups, refer to our guide Enabling Library Backups

Yes, once Backups are enabled, you have the option to create Backups on demand, which you will be able to access immediately.

To Manually Back Up Your Library

 

Permissions Required: The General Admin: Create, view & download Backups permission, and access to at least one Stack, is required to create manual Backups. 

  1. Click Admin in the top navigation
  2. Select Platform Settings
  3. Click Backups
  4. Click  + Backup Now

Filtering Your Manual Backups

For manual Backups, you can apply filters that will allow you to filter both the Word and Excel backups by:

  • Library Location: Stacks, Categories, or Sub-categories
  • Library Entry Owners
  • Tags

You can specify up to 20 inputs for each of the three fields:

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To Set a One-Time Password for Manual Backups

For manual Backups, you can optionally set a one-time password if you don’t want to use the default Backup password. On the Backup Now modal:

  1. Deselect the "Use default password" checkboxScreen_Shot_2022-03-07_at_1.49.04_PM.png
  2. You will then have the option to set a one-time password for that Backup:Screen_Shot_2022-03-07_at_1.51.57_PM.png
 

Note: The one-time password will only apply to the existing backup and will not change the default password for any other manual or scheduled backup (past or future).

 

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