Studies can be exported, imported, and reloaded to make it easy to transfer them between servers, duplicate them within a server, and synchronize them with a master database. A few common usage scenarios:

• Studies can be exported and reimported to transfer from a staging environment to a production server.
• A snapshot of one study can be exported and imported into several new studies so that they share a common baseline.
• A brand new study can be generated with the exported structure (with or without the data) of an existing study. This allows very rapid creation of new studies based on templates.
• The structure of an existing set of studies can also be standardized by importing selected structural elements from a common template.
• A study can be exported masking all identifying information enabling the sharing of results without sharing PHI or any patient or clinic details.

Topics

• Export a Study - Export a study to an archive format, either as exploded files or as a zip file.
• Import a Study - Import a study from an archive format.
• Reload a Study - Reload a study manually or via script using the API.
• Study Archive Files and Formats - This topic explains in detail the formats of the exported archive files, including core data files (TSV or Excel) and XML metadata files.
• Serialized Elements and Attributes of Lists and Datasets

Related Topics

• Publish a Study - Export selected study data to a subfolder, typically for wider distribution. Publishing a study lets you control which, if any, PHI data is included in the subfolder.
• Ancillary Studies - Export selected study data, typically to test new hypotheses.
• Export / Import a Folder - Importing and exporting a folder are described in this topic. Folders are broader containers than studies, so the options presented for folder export/import are more extensive.
• LabKey XML Schema Reference