Importing a Project

You can import a copy of project or projects into your workspace as an archive file or directly from a local file system.

CAUTION:

If you import a project directly from the file system by pointing to an existing project in the WorkSpace Navigator, you are not importing a duplicate copy of the project. Changes made to this project are simultaneously made to the original project as well.

Set up your exported project for import and do one of the following:
- Copy the exported project folder into the Eclipse workspace folder in your installation directory.
- Unzip the exported project file into the workspace folder in your installation directory.
  
  Note: If an existing project has the same name as the project you are importing, the existing project is overwritten. Change the name of one of the projects when you do the copy.
Select File > Import from the main menu bar.
The Import wizard opens.
Select Existing Project into Workspace and click Next.

Select the project you want to import selecting one of the following:

Table 1. Import a project
Field	Description
Select root directory	Browse for the directory that contains the project you want to import. Select the projects your want to import from the Projects list.
Select archive file	Browse for the archive that contains the project that you want to import.

Click Finish .
The project is now available for use.
After importing the project, right-click the project and select Update WorkSpace Build Path Entries.
Running this option ensures that the paths for build and deploy are updated for the workspace to which the project was imported.

Note: If the imported project has a Java Project Nature, see "Troubleshooting an Imported Java Project".