diff --git a/docs/installation-and-operation/serialization.md b/docs/installation-and-operation/serialization.md index f253ac386349de3bf42c80076489b6ec8f7b2577..178327ee6470ce48485346f40416f9238f5cce0c 100644 --- a/docs/installation-and-operation/serialization.md +++ b/docs/installation-and-operation/serialization.md @@ -14,30 +14,19 @@ To help you out in situations like this, Metabase has a serialization feature wh If you're looking to do a one-time migration from H2 to MySQL/Postgres, then use the [migration guide instead](./migrating-from-h2.md). -### What gets dumped and loaded +## What gets dumped and loaded -**Currently, dumps consist of the following Metabase artifacts:** +Only some artifacts are included in dumps and loads: -- Collections +- Collections (except for personal collections) - Dashboards - Saved questions - Segments and Metrics defined in the Data Model - Public sharing settings for questions and dashboards - -**They also contain a number of system settings:** - - Admin Panel settings, except for permissions - Database connection settings - Data Model settings -**Dumps do _not_ contain:** - -- Permission settings -- User accounts or settings -- Alerts on saved questions -- Personal Collections or their contents (except for the user specified with the `--user` flag; see below) -- Archived items - ### Before creating or loading a dump If your instance is currently running, you will need to stop it first before creating or loading a dump, unless your Metabase application database supports concurrent reads. The default application database type, H2, does not.