About transportable databases
Transportable databases are used for copying data between existing master databases. The master databases may be on different computers.
A transportable database stores a complete copy of InfoWorks WS Pro master database data. You can include part of a database, the entire database, or even data from several master databases. The transportable database can include both data from the database file and data from additional files kept in the remote roots.
Transportable databases allow you to maintain the integrity and quality of your data when copying it from one database to another. All the relationships in the database (for instance between networks and simulations) are maintained as long as all objects involved in the relationship are copied at the same time, or already exist in the database.
The tree structure is unaffected, and all flag annotations are retained. When sharing data with external users, such as consultants, flags can be used to differentiate between different project areas.
The transportable and master databases may have different database versions. You can copy data from a transportable database that has older database version than the master database. However, you cannot copy data from transportable database that has a newer version than the master database unless you update the master database. You also have the option to update the transportable database.
Typically, you would use a transportable database to:
- Transfer data between multiple sites within an organisation.
- Send data to or from contract teams working on particular projects.
- Send data to Innovyze for investigation.
You can copy transportable database files using Windows File Manager or other file-copying tool.
Notes:
- A transportable database must be closed before it can be moved or copied.
- A transportable database has a 2Gb size limit.
- You should not use standard Windows tools to copy master databases, except for normal backup purposes.
