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Import and Export Services

The bulk import and export of services feature is a useful tool for managing large-scale networks efficiently. The benefits of such a feature include:

  • Time-saving: You can create or modify multiple services simultaneously. This saves time and effort compared to manually creating or modifying services one by one.

  • Accuracy: By using the import and export feature, you can avoid errors that can occur when manually creating or modifying services. With this feature, you can ensure that all services are created or modified according to a predefined format, which increases accuracy.

  • Scalability: As network infrastructures grow larger, it becomes increasingly difficult to manage them effectively. The import and export feature helps you to scale up your network management capabilities to accommodate growing networks.

  • Standardization: When you create or modify services using the import and export feature, you can ensure that you adhere to a predefined set of standards. This helps maintain consistency across the network and avoids potential configuration errors.

  • Flexibility: You can use the import and export feature to move services between different systems or locations, which can be useful when migrating to new systems or consolidating multiple networks.

The bulk import and export of services can help you manage large-scale networks more efficiently, accurately, and consistently. This feature can save time, improve accuracy, and facilitate scalability and standardization of addresses across the network.

Import Services from a CSV File

  1. Click Shared Services>Objects>Services.
    The Services page opens.
  2. Download the CSV file template, and enter your services data.
    1. Click More > Import addreses from CSV. to open the Import services from CSV page.
    2. Click Download CSV template to download the CSV template file on to your computer.
    3. Add your services data in the CSV template.
  3. Click More>Import services from CSV.
  4. Do the following:
    1. Upload CSV: Select the CSV file to import the services.
    2. Global Action: Select one of the following actions for Juniper Security Director Cloud to resolve any conflicts between the imported and existing services data:
      • Keep existing: If you select to keep the existing data, a tick mark identifies the values of the services data that will not be imported.

      • Create new object

      • Overwrite with imported value: If you select to overwrite the existing data, a tick mark identifies the data that will overwrite the values of the existing services.

  5. Click Upload.
    • Before Juniper Security Director Cloud imports the the data from the CSV file, it analyzes the services data for errors. If it detects errors, such as incorrect IP addresses or incorrect services types, it adds a column in the CSV file and indicates the errors against each entry. You can download the updated CSV file and fix the errors.

    • If no errors are detected in the CSV file, the file is uploaded to import the services data.

  6. Optional: If Juniper Security Director Cloud detects errors in the CSV file, download the updated CSV file, resolve the errors, and upload the file again.
  7. Click OK.
All data conflicts are resolved, and the services data is imported from the CSV file and displayed on the services page.

Export services to a CSV File

  1. Click Shared Services>Objects>Services.
    The Services page opens.
  2. Click More, and do one of the following:
    • Select the services to export, and click Export selected services to CSV.

    • Click Export all services to CSV to export all services.

The services data is downloaded to your computer as a CSV file.