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title: "Import a Database"
slug: "import-a-database"
updated: 2023-01-13T20:05:40Z
published: 2023-01-13T20:05:40Z
canonical: "docs.preset.io/import-a-database"
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# Import a Database

## Overview

If you have an archived database connection file (e.g., ZIP) exported from Superset/Preset, then you can import it directly to Preset.

Let's see how this is done.

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## Select a File

In the Toolbar, hover your cursor over **Settings** and select **Database Connections**.

![New Connect flow.png](https://cdn.document360.io/4749ddf8-aa05-4f3f-80e1-07a5d2d0f137/Images/Documentation/image%28175%29.png)

Click on the **+ Database** button.

![+ DATABASE button.png](https://cdn.document360.io/4749ddf8-aa05-4f3f-80e1-07a5d2d0f137/Images/Documentation/image%28176%29.png)

At the bottom of the dialog, select **Import database from file**.

Navigate and select a ZIP file on a local or network location.

![Select_Import_Database](https://cdn.document360.io/4749ddf8-aa05-4f3f-80e1-07a5d2d0f137/Images/Documentation/Select_Import_Database.png)

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## Enter Password

In the **Password** field, enter a password for the uploaded database and then select **Connect**.

          

#### Note: Security Panel Settings

          

If your database requires completion of the **Secure Extra** (e.g., Google BigQuery) and/or **Root Certificate** (e.g., Apache Druid) fields in the **Advanced** → **Security** panel [configuration](/v1/docs/advanced-connection-settings), then these need to be added after the import is complete.

![Enter_Database_Password](https://cdn.document360.io/4749ddf8-aa05-4f3f-80e1-07a5d2d0f137/Images/Documentation/Enter_Database_Password.png)

          

#### Overwrite Warning

          

If you are importing a file for a database that already exists, you will be prompted to confirm the process by entering the word **overwrite** before selecting **Connect**.

![Database_Already_Exists](https://cdn.document360.io/4749ddf8-aa05-4f3f-80e1-07a5d2d0f137/Images/Documentation/Database_Already_Exists.png)