What system objects are exported when using the Waters Export Utility in Empower? - WKB4512

ENVIRONMENT

• Empower 3

ANSWER

When running the setup.exe and selecting "Install Optional Components" > "Waters Export Utility", the information in the setup window says "The Export component will allow you to export system objects from Empower 3 or earlier databases".

• Waters Export Utility exports the millennium user.
• The Millennium user is an internal user that is used as a base for other users (IE PROJECTS, which are users in the database). 
• This export will export the millennium user tables to a file. It is used if the user wants to upgrade to a new release and not need to recreate all user groups, systems, and so on. 
• There is a restriction in that it works only for Empower 3. 
• Cannot use it to do Empower 2 to Empower 3.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

A good description of this is in Chapter 4 of the Empower 3 Feature Release 3 Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade Guide (refer to pages 75-76).

A system object export captures most objects from within Configuration Manager, such as chromatographic systems, users, user groups, libraries, and so on.
Note: Projects and licenses are not included in the system object export.