# Exporting and importing the workspace configuration
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**Required workspace permission:** Export and import workspace
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You can export a workspace configuration to a JSON file, and import configuration from a workspace configuration JSON file.
For example, you might want to preserve a version of the workspace configuration before you test other changes. You can then use the exported file to restore the original configuration.
Or you might want to use a script to make changes to an exported configuration file. You can then import the updated file to update the workspace configuration.
## Information in the exported file
The workspace JSON configuration file includes the following information:
* Sensitivity designations that you assigned to columns
* Assigned table modes
* Assigned column generators
* Subsetting configuration
* Post-job script configuration
## Exporting the workspace configuration
To export the workspace configuration, either:
* On the workspace management view, from the download menu, select **Export Workspace**.
Download menu for a workspace
* On **Workspaces** view, click the actions menu for the workspace, then select **Export**.
When you export a child workspace, the exported workspace does not retain any of the inheritance information. The exported information is the same for all exported workspaces.
## Importing a workspace configuration file
To import a workspace configuration file:
1. Select the import option. Either:
* On the workspace management view, from the download menu, select **Import Workspace**.
* On **Workspaces** view, click the actions menu for the workspace, then select **Import**.
2. On the **Import Workspace** dialog, to select the file to import, click **Browse**.
3. After you select the file, click **Import**.
When you import a workspace configuration into a child workspace, Tonic Structural only updates the configuration that can be overridden. If a configuration must be inherited from the parent workspace, then it is not affected by the imported configuration. For more information, go to [About workspace inheritance](/app/workspace/managing-workspaces/workspaces-inheritance.md).
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