Situation
You are needing to restore or download the contacts, calendar or tasks for a user.
Prerequisites
You will need the following requirements to download or restore:
- One of the following Dropsuite platform accesses:
- Full Admin
- Group Supervisor (Must be for users within the groups you are an admin of)
- IT Admin
- User (For their own content only)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Downloading & Restoring
Below will show the two process to Download or Restore contacts, calendars & tasks. Restores and Downloads are both grouped together as the process is similar for both situations.
Backup Dashboard
- On the backup dashboard select the "Contact", "Calendar" or "Task" tab depending which you need to restore or download.
- Locate the user you need to download or restore from, hover over their user and select one of the two options.
- Depending on which option you chose, you will be faced with one of the two below scenarios:
Option Selected Process Restore - Once you have select the "Restore" button, in the next window, specify the date range you need to restore the items from, and then select "Start Restore".
- On the next window, you will be able to confirm the amount of items, date range, and user. Next, select "Yes, Continue".
- On the systems status tab, select "Restores".
- Select the tab that corresponds to the restore you just started.
- You will then be able to verify the status of the restore.
Download - Once you have selected the "Download" button in the next window you will verify the user and how many events will be downloaded. Select "Yes, Continue".
- Next hover over the system status tab and select "Downloads".
- Select the type of download you just created.
- Locate the download where you will be given a download button to download the content.
- Once you have select the "Restore" button, in the next window, specify the date range you need to restore the items from, and then select "Start Restore".
Selected User
- On the backup dashboard, select the user you wish to download Contacts, Calendars, or Tasks from.
- Depending on which data you wish to restore or download, select the proper tab.
- On the next page, select the content you wish to restore or download by selecting the checkbox beside an item or the checkbox for all items.
- Next, select "Restore" or "Download".
- Depending which option you select, follow one of the below scenarios:
Option Selected Process Restore - Once selecting Restore, verify the information and select "Yes, Continue".
- On the system status tab select "Restores".
- Select the tab that corresponds to the Download you just started.
- You will then be able to verify the status of the restore.
Download - Once you have selected the "Download" option, verify the information and select "Yes, Continue".
- Next hover over the system status tab and select "Downloads".
- Select the tab that corresponds to the download you just started.
- Locate the download where you will be given a download button to download the content.
- Once selecting Restore, verify the information and select "Yes, Continue".
Important Mentions
Important things to note when restoring or downloading contacts, calendars or tasks.
- At this moment it is not possible to migrate contacts, calendars or tasks to another user. As an alternative, you can download the data and upload it to another user's account.