Use reports to create a project backup

Use reports to create a project backup

The best way to create a backup copy is to save the whole project including history to a PDF, XLSX, CVS or BCF report.
As a project leader, go to the Issues page of your project and set up a filter for the issues you want to export. Editors and Reviewers in the project also have the ability to create reports.
After filtering or selecting the desired issues, click the 'Report' button. 

When creating a report from the Issues page, a dialog window will appear which allows you to choose the type of report you want to create and give the file a name.

  1. When choosing the PDF format, the active view on your screen is used (tile view or list view). Choose to include the issue history and change-logs to have all information.



  2. When choosing the BCF format, you can choose the version of BCF you want to export. The most recent version is  BCF 2.1 which can be used to access the individual issues including the viewpoints.



  3. When choosing the Excel format, you can choose to include the issue history and change-logs to have all information.



  4. When choosing the CSV format, you can choose to download all the column options available when viewing issues in list view, or only those that you have selected to be visible.



The created report can then be downloaded from the 'Reports' view mode on the issues page.



A report will take a few moments to be generated, and once the Status reads 'Ready' it can then be downloaded.


When using only BCF files, the following data from BIMcollab is not supported:
  1. Area
  2. Custom fields
  3. Change log
  4. Visibility
  5. Smart Issues


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