Surf Control 5.5 manual IMPORTING/EXPORTING Databases, Exporting Manually Categorized Sites

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Importing/exporting databases

IMPORTING/EXPORTING DATABASES

If you have categorized sites manually you can import these sites from an existing database, then export to these sites to a new blank database. This can useful for creating backups of manual categorizations, or for adding these sites to a new database without having to manually categorize them again.

EXPORTING MANUALLY CATEGORIZED SITES

To export your manual categorizations:

1Select Start > SurfControl Web Filter > Database Tools > Import or Export Manual Categorizations. You will see the Import or Export Manual Categorizations dialog:

2Select the Export Manual Categorizations option.

3Click the Select button. A SQL Server Login dialog will be displayed:

4Use this dialog to select the database containing the manually categorized sites that you want to export by choosing the server from the Server drop-down list box then selecting the Use Trusted Connection check box. Alternatively enter a user name and password if this server requires one.

5Use the Options section to select the database that you wish to use then click OK. The information relevant to that database will appear in the From database text field.

6Click Browse and navigate to the flat file that you wish to export the manually categorized sites to.

7Click Run task to export the sites to this file.

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Surf Control 5.5 manual IMPORTING/EXPORTING Databases, Exporting Manually Categorized Sites

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