How can take back up of entities, flows

[vghanithala]

Hello Team,

I saw the way to export and import canvas applications. 

And also taking backup of environment level. 

How can i take backup of specific Entity, Model-driven app, Connectors and Flows in one environment and restore in another environment.

Please advise on this. Thanks in advance.

[EricRegnier · Accepted solution]

Hi @vghanithala,

There are multiple ways of backing up your configurations. Top 3 I would say are:

1. A common method is to create a solution and export that solution as unmanaged and save it in a source control: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/common-data-service/solutions-overview
2. In a more DevOps scenario is to create a solution, export, unpack that solution and save the solution files to a source control. You can leverage the out-of-the-box Build Tools to do so if you are using Azure DevOps: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/alm/devops-build-tool-tasks
   1. Export solution task: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/alm/devops-build-tool-tasks#export-solution
   2. Unpack task: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/alm/devops-build-tool-tasks#unpack-solution
   3. More on ALM: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/alm/
3. You can also backup your environment form the Power Platform admin center: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/backup-restore-environments

To restore the configuration in another environment can be achieved by importing the solution you've exported from source environment. You can do that manually or in a DevOps scenario can be done with the same Build Tools as above. 

1. Import solution: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/common-data-service/import-update-export-solutions

Suggest to go through the links I put and it should give you the basics. Hope this helps...

[vghanithala · Accepted solution]

Thank you for useful information @EricRegnier. It really helps.