Backup and Restore Data

You can take a backup of all data in a model at any time. The backed up data is stored in the model’s backup folder, usually \Cubix\Models\modelname\backup\

The main backup file will be called _Main.bak. If your model includes foreign currency conversions, there will also be a backup file for all the exchange rate data called _CurRat.bak

When you take a backup, any previous backup files will be renamed as _Mainxx.bak and _CurRatxx.bak, where xx represents the next available sequential number for backup files.

So the first time you take a backup the files will be called _Main.bak and _CurRate.bak. When you take the next backup, the old backup files will be renamed as _Main1.bak and _CurRat1.bak and kept. When you take the next backup, _Main1.bak and _CurRat1.bak will remain as the are, and the more recent backup files will become _Main2.bak and _CurRat2.bak. In this way, Cubix builds up and keeps a history of the backups taken.

All other users must be logged out of the model before taking a backup. You can check which users are logged in from the Users window. You can also log them off from here, however, extreme caution should be used when doing this.

*It is usually not necessary to keep all historic backups. However, you may want to keep some, such as at year end, in which case the two backup files from that point in time can be copied and stored elsewhere.

Restoring data from a backup

When restoring data from a backup, Cubix will always look for the file called _Main.bak, and if required for the model, _CarRat.bak and try to restore from those.

If you wish to restore data from an earlier backup, simply locate the appropriate backup files and rename them by removing the trailing number so that they become _Main.bak and _CurRat.bak. Then run the restore process as before.