8/27/2021 Understand Application Backup | Zoho Creator Help

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Understand application backup

The Backup feature enables you to back up the applications in your account with data and restore them
whenever required. Zoho Creator creates a new version of the backup file
whenever you back up an application. A copy of the backup file can be downloaded after the application is
backed up. You can do a one-time backup or set the frequency of backups to take place automatically at
regular intervals when you don't have time to back up data manually. The backup file will be in a zip file
format. It will include the deluge script file and a set of .csv files containing the application data. You can
also restore the backed up application. Your application structure and data are restored from the version that
you chose.

Note: Currently there is no support for Integration field data handling in backup and restore.

Assume a Customer Management application for a publishing house. It consists of customer contact
form, customer details form, and subscription form (including associated reports). You can schedule
periodic backups to run on a weekly basis. In the event of an application crash, while making some
updates, you can just restore the previous week's backup, so that a great
deal of the developments made from the time of its creation until the latest backup is restored. If there is a
need to undo a few updates made to the application, it's not necessary to remove the updates manually. You
can only restore the application to a previous date when the updates were not yet made. This feature eliminates
the hassles of rework.

Related Topics
Configure backup and restore application

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