Detailed work flow for a typical database staging table import

Plan carefully when to perform a database import on production systems. Users are blocked from using the application during that time. A database import operation can take considerable time, depending on how much data you want to import. To reduce the effect of down time for users, consider importing large amounts of data in phases rather than in a single operation.

To import zone data to PolicyCenter, you typically perform the steps described in the subsequent sections.