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Import from a Volume

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Overview

Once you connect your cloud storage with the Platform, you are able to import files from that volume to your projects.

Prerequisite

To import files from a volume to the Platform, you need to have a connected Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) volume.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the project to which you're importing files.
  2. Select the Files tab.
  3. Click Add Files > Volumes.
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  1. Click the desired volume from the menu on the lefthand side.
  2. Select a file.
  3. Click Import to project.

RESOLVING NAMING CONFLICTS

Naming conflicts happen when you try to import an item (file or folder) from a Volume to a project's root folder or subfolder, where an item with the same name already exists. The list below illustrates the possible cases of naming conflicts and the way they are resolved depending on which option is selected in the Resolve naming conflicts dropdown:

  1. Importing a file that has the same name as an existing file at the destination path:
    • Skip (default): The file won't be imported. This is the default behavior.
    • Auto-rename: The imported file will be automatically renamed by adding a prefix (underscore and serial number).
    • Overwrite: The existing file will be overwritten by the file imported from the volume.
  2. Importing a file that has the same name as an existing folder at the destination path:
    • Skip (default): The file won't be imported.
    • Auto-rename: The imported file will be automatically renamed by adding a prefix (underscore and serial number).
    • Overwrite: The file won't be imported.
  3. Importing a folder that has the same name as an existing folder at the destination path:
    • The content of the folder that is being imported will be merged with the content of the existing folder, regardless of the option selected in the Resolve naming conflicts dropdown. Any conflicts related to files within the folders will be handled according to file naming conflict resolution rules described above.
  4. Importing a folder that has the same name as an existing file at the destination path:
    • The folder and the files it contains won't be imported. This is the default, non-configurable behavior, regardless of the option selected in the Resolve naming conflicts dropdown.

The following table illustrates the entire naming conflict resolution mechanism:

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