New computer - how to move data connection settings from old computer?

Question

Hello,

my Win10 laptop is going to be replaced with a Win11 machine. How can I export/import the data connection setup (e. g. SQL Server connectivity) from old machine to the new one? I want to avoid to reconfigure everything from the scratch when I need to connect to data sources in the INPUT tool.

Thanks, Ulrich

Felipe_Ribeir0 · Accepted Answer

Hi @ulrich_schumann

There is one good way of doing this, you could save your user data connections as file data connections. See this gif as an example of how to do it. After that, you can use this file data connection on your new computer.

Some good topics about file data connections:

Guide to setting up In-DB Connection Files on a Ne... - Alteryx Community

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