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Setup Data Manager (SDM) uses the system's REST APIs to copy setup data.
Copying data between software versions
Refer to the following information about copying data between software versions.

Administration
- Application Setup
- Data Import Tool
- Universal Device Manager
- Setup Data Manager
  Setup Data Manager (SDM) uses the system's REST APIs to copy setup data.
  - How Setup Data Manager works
    Setup Data Manager (SDM) uses the system's REST APIs to copy setup data.
  - Using Setup Data Manager
    Use Setup Data Manager to save the time of manually re-entering setup data in multiple environments, eliminate the potential for a user to make a mistake when re-entering setup data, and allow you to update a number of setup data policies all at once.
  - Copy Setup Data (Tenant to Tenant)
    SDM can be leveraged to copy setup data from tenant to tenant.
  - Export Setup Data (Tenant to File)
    How to export data from the target environment.
  - Transfer a File to the Target Tenant
    You can select a configuration file to transfer to the Target tenant. Available configuration types are loaded into SDM based upon what is available in the logged-in tenant.
  - Version compatibility messages
    Refer to the following as a library of version compatibility messages.
  - About download files of published data
    The following is a set of scenarios used to describe when log download links and target download links are generated.
  - Setup Data Manager supported data
    The following section describes data supported by SDM.
  - Copying data between software versions
    Refer to the following information about copying data between software versions.
    - Related Topics
      Refer to the following topics related to SDM.
- Administer Business Processes
- Mobile App
  A mobile app is available on the iOS App Store for Apple devices and on the Google Play Store for Android devices.
- Communications
- Strategic Workforce Planning
- Extensions
- HCM
  The Human Capital Management (HCM) component provides a comprehensive set of applications for managing all aspects of the employee life cycle — recruitment, benefits, compensation, payroll, HR, and more. Users can configure and personalize configuration of the application for an optimal user experience.

Copying data between software versions

Refer to the following information about copying data between software versions.

Copying between the same software versions (for example, version 7 to version 7, version 7 to version 8, or version 8 to version 8) continues to transfer successfully. If you modify setup items, they will transfer successfully as well.

When copying between version 8 and version 7, the following treatment occurs:

If you attempt to transfer a new setup item that is not supported in the target tenant (for example, a new setup item that supports a new feature), that setup item will not transfer and an error will be logged in the SDM Publish History. This occurs because a configuration for a feature that does not exist in the target tenant cannot be promoted.
If you attempt to transfer an old setup item that has one or more new attributes (for example, a new radio button in an overtime rule), that setup item will transfer, but without the new attributes. This occurs because the parts of the configuration that are not supported in the target tenant cannot be promoted.
If you attempt to transfer an old setup item that uses new options or selections within previously existing attributes (for example, a newly-added column for a Dataview), that setup item will not transfer and an error will be logged in the SDM Publish History. This occurs because a configuration that refers to options that do not exist in the target tenant cannot be promoted.