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= Data Archiver usage =
The Data Archiver plugin of XGAP allows batch import/export of whole investigations within a zipfile. The contents of this zipfile is in XgapFormat, see the XgapFormatTutorial.

Note that currently only tar.gz is supported. Support of the ZIP format will follow soon.

== Export data to zipfile ==

 1. Select whether you wish to export all investigations into a single archive, or select a single investigation.
 2. At the "XGAP Archive Export" tab, click "Export" to start the export process.
[[Image(export1.png)]]
 3. When done, a link to the download appears at "XGAP data export (*.tar.gz format)".
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== Import data from zipfile ==
 1. Select a *.tar.gz exported database (Archiver format).
[[Image(import1.png)]]
 2. Click 'Import' and await the message that tells you if the importation was successful.
 
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