Importing a legacy Visionary world

You can create a new dashboard from an existing Visionary world that was created using a previous version of QMF Visionary.

About this task

The Visionary world that you import must have been exported as an XML file using QMF for Visionary Version 8.1, Fix Pack 13 or later. To export a Visionary world using QMF for Visionary Version 8.1, Fix Pack 13, you select File > Export as XML

To import a legacy Visionary world:

Procedure

  1. From any perspective, select File > Import. The Import window opens.
  2. Select Visionary World File.
  3. Click Next. The Visionary World Import wizard opens.
  4. In the File path field, specify the path to the Visionary world that you want to import. You can use the browse button to search for the file.
  5. Type a unique name for the new dashboard that will be created from the legacy Visionary world in the Dashboard name field.
  6. Type the location where you want to save the new dashboard (within the currently connected to repository) in the Location field.
  7. Click Finish. A folder with the dashboard name is added to the Dashboards node in the Project Explorer view. For each new dashboard, folders named Connections, Queries, Globals, and Scenes are added. The editor window opens with a canvas where you can make edits to any scene within the converted world.