Downloading App Configuration

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Last updated: May 07, 2020 by Ravikumar Babu CTOO (Unlicensed)

Canvas offers the viability of downloading app configuration in a feasible manner. The metadata of the apps can be exported in the formats of JSON and SQL. To export the metadata of the apps (widgets) in the formats of JSON and SQL, perform the following steps in Canvas Studio: 

  1. On the home page of Canvas Studio, click App Designer.

  2. Hover the mouse on the app of your choice and click JSON option to export the metadata in JSON format. For SQL download, move to Step 4.


    A message box appears, indicating the successful generation of the file.

  3. Click Ok. After the JSON file is downloaded, save it in the project repository.

    The exported JSON file, consisting of the app's metadata, can be imported into the target environment using Canvas Studio, by making use of the Import option. For more information on importing JSON files to Canvas Studio, refer Import of Metadata in JSON Format.


  4. Hover the mouse on the app of your choice and click SQL option to export the metadata in SQL format. 


    A message box appears, indicating the successful generation of the file.

  5. Click Ok. After the SQL file is downloaded, save it in the project repository. 

    You can execute the exported SQL scripts on the target environment's Canvas schema for promotion.

Bulk Export

  1. For bulk export of the apps in JSON format, select the apps of your choice and proceed to click the option of.

  2. For the bulk export of the apps in SQL format, select the apps of your choice and then proceed to click the option of.