# Importing a Connection Profile

Import one or more connection profiles into the current workspace.

You might import a connection profiile if you created connection profiles in a previous version of DTP and want to reuse them in the current version of DTP, or want to share a common set of connection profiles across a workgroup.

1. In Data Source Explorer, click Import.
2. Enter the fully qualified path to the connection profile file, or click Browse.
3. (Optional) Click Overwrite Existing Connection Profiles with Same Names.
4. Click OK.

   The connection profile appears under its data source category.

Related tasks
Creating a Connection Profile
Creating a Database Connection Profile
Refreshing a Connection Profile
Renaming a Connection Profile
Deleting a Connection Profile
Testing a Connection Profile
Exporting a Connection Profile
Editing Connection Profile Properties
Related reference
Database Connection Profile Preferences