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title: "Export and Import a Screen Template"
slug: "export-and-import-a-screen-template"
updated: 2024-08-12T14:13:48Z
published: 2024-08-12T14:13:48Z
canonical: "docs.processmaker.com/export-and-import-a-screen-template"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.processmaker.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Export and Import a Screen Template

## Export a Screen Template

Exporting a screen allows you to share it with others for use in their processes. This functionality is especially useful for collaborative development across different instances of ProcessMaker Platform.

After exporting a Screen Template, the exported .json file can be shared with others and imported into other ProcessMaker instances. An exported Screen Template contains all the [controls](/designer-screens/control-descriptions) as the original template.

> The import function is designed to work with Screens Templates exported from the same version of ProcessMaker, ensuring compatibility across different instances.

**Permissions**

Your user account or group membership must have the following permissions to export a Screen unless your user account has the **Make this user a Super Admin** setting selected:

- Screens: Export Screens
- Screens: View Screens

See the [Screens](/v1/docs/permission-descriptions-for-users-and-groups#screens) permissions or ask your Administrator for assistance.

Follow these steps to export a Screen:

1. [View all Screen Templates](/v1/docs/screen-templates#view-all-screen-templates) and navigate to the **My Templates** or **Shared Templates** tab.
2. Hover the template row. The![](https://cdn.document360.io/2d311614-fcb7-4424-8b4c-d4d3091eebeb/Images/Documentation/43ac273e-29e8-4c93-87a6-5a9e49105af6.png) menu display.
3. Click the dropdown menu. A menu displays the template options.
4. Click the **Export Template** option. The **Export Screen Template** window displays.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/2d311614-fcb7-4424-8b4c-d4d3091eebeb/Images/Documentation/61e06d35-e63b-4a07-b1fe-9b231439f62e.png)
5. Click **Download.** The template is downloaded to your default **Downloads** folder**.**

## Import a Screen Template

To import a Screen Template into the ProcessMaker Platform, ensure that the template was previously exported as a`.json` file. The template must be from the same version of ProcessMaker or a compatible version to ensure full functionality of its configured controls.

**Permissions**

Your user account or group membership must have the following permissions to import a Screen unless your user account has the **Make this user a Super Admin** setting selected:

- Screens: Import Screens
- Screens: View Screens

See the [Screens](/v1/docs/permission-descriptions-for-users-and-groups#screens) permissions or ask your Administrator for assistance.

Follow these steps to import a Screen Template:

1. [View all Screen Templates](/v1/docs/screen-templates#view-all-screen-templates) and navigate to the **My Templates** or **Shared Templates** tab.
2. Click the **Import** button to the right of the search bar.
3. From **Import Screen Template** screen, click Browse to select a`.json`file for import.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/2d311614-fcb7-4424-8b4c-d4d3091eebeb/Images/Documentation/31508dbb-2776-4bd6-aa37-61d281b1ff31.png)
4. Click **Import** to import the screen template. The template will now appear in the **My Templates** tab.

> [!WARNING]
> If the import is not successful, the following message displays: **Unable to import the screen template.** Ensure the following:
> 
> - The `.json` file you tried to import is a Screen Template and not a Process Template. Process Templates also uses the `.json` file extension.
> - The template was exported from the same [ProcessMaker Platform version](/v1/docs/view-version-information).