Backup and Restore
Your application has the ability to backup and restore all clients, jobs, and related data. The backup files can be stored locally within your device or in the cloud, via iCloudⓇ or Google DriveTM. The backup file that is created contains all data about the jobs, including clients, expenses and receipts, time entries, payments, statuses, and states. The name of the backup will include the name of the application, and a user specified suffix. Restoration from a backup is simple. Select the displayed backup you would like to restore, and select restore. Once the restoration is initiated, the current database will be restored.
Warning: When a restore is performed, all previous data will be eliminated. Other than a restore from an additional backup, there is no way to recover the lost data. For this reason, it is highly recommended that you first back up your existing data before restoring from a previous backup.
To access the backup and restore features, select the Option menu button from the main screen of the application, and then select either Backup or Restore. Once selected, a screen will be displayed that will allow you to choose destination/source for your backup/restore.
Device Backup / Restore
To perform a backup or restore to/from your device, select the Device option. The Device option will allow you to store your backup internal to your built-in device memory. It is important to note that if the application is un-installed, any device backups will be deleted along with the application. For this reason, it is highly recommended that your backups be stored in the cloud via iCloud or Google Drive.
iCloud Backup / Restore
Backup to iCloud uses your iCloud account, and you must have the iCloud Drive featured turned on, within your device settings. You will be prompted to turn on iCloud Drive, if it’s turned off when attempting to interact with iCloud for backup or restore.
Google Drive Backup / Restore
Google Drive backups and restores require a Google Drive account. The first time that the application attempts to connect to Google Drive, the user will be prompted to allow the application access to Google Drive. In order to backup/restore to/from Google Drive, it is required that the user allow the application access. Backups will be stored within a directory matching the name of the application, i.e. ExpenseManager.