About importing PolicyCenter administrative data

You can import administrative data directly from within PolicyCenter by using the Import Data screen available to PolicyCenter administrators. To access this screen, navigate to the following location in PolicyCenter:

Administration > Utilities > Import Data

You can import XML-formatted administrative data only.

During the import, PolicyCenter looks for existing data objects that have public IDs that match those of the data objects being imported. PolicyCenter notifies you if it determines there are public ID matches. You can then chose to do one of the following:

Overwrite all existing data with the imported data
Discard updates to any existing data and keep the existing data
Interactively resolve each data conflict on a case-by-case basis

Importing arrays

PolicyCenter handles arrays differently depending on whether it is importing an owned array or a virtual array:

Owned array – If an entity owns the array, PolicyCenter notifies you of the differences between the imported data and any existing data. However, you do not have the choice of resolving the array elements. PolicyCenter only gives you the option to delete the current array and replace all of the contents of the imported array.
Virtual array – It is not possible replace the contents of a virtual array with those of an imported array as it is not possible to delete a virtual array.

Import administrative data into PolicyCenter

Procedure

Log into Guidewire PolicyCenter as a user with the viewadmin and soapadmin permissions.
Select the Administration tab.
In the left-hand navigation pane, expand Utilities > Import Data.
Click Browse... to search for the XML file containing data to import.
Click Finish to import data from the file.

What to do next

During an import, PolicyCenter does not run validation rules. However PolicyCenter does run pre-update rules. For this reason, run user exception and group exception batch processing after you import administrative data.