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title: "System snapshot"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/CMJ/198116921/System%20snapshot"
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<span style="color: #000000">Create a system configuration snapshot</span>

A system configuration snapshot focuses only on the configuration aspects of your Jira instance. It includes all projects, workflows, custom fields, settings, etc., but it doesn’t include any issue data.

<span style="color: #000000">With a system snapshot, you can merge the configuration of one Jira instance with another or promote configuration changes from testing to production instances.</span>

#### <span style="color: #000000">To create a new system configuration snapshot:</span>  


1. Log in as a user with the **System Administrators **[global permission](https://support.atlassian.com/jira-cloud-administration/docs/manage-global-permissions/).
2. Choose the **cog icon **at the top right of the screen, then choose **Configuration Manager:**
3. Select *Snapshots**** ***to open the Configuration Snapshots page and click on the **Add Snapshot** button.
4. Select the **System Configuration** button and enter a name for the snapshot.

![System with all rules.png](media://d7731483-b030-4943-b8d9-15bd82ed29c2)

> 📝 If a snapshot with that name already exists, a warning will be shown.

5. (Optional) Enter a description for your snapshot.
6. You can use the checkboxes to include all [filters](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMJ/pages/198117100), [boards](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMJ/pages/198247358), [dashboards,](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMJ/pages/197825960) [global app data](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMJ/pages/198279999), and [automation rules](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMJ/pages/2192608406/Automation+Rules?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiYWRjZmUxZDZkY2NiNDgwOGJmYzVkZmFjMTQzOWM1MjIiLCJwIjoiYyJ9) in the snapshot.
7. If you want to see a preview of the snapshot, click **Next**. Otherwise, choose **Create**.
8. After clicking the **Create **button, wait while Configuration Manager creates a snapshot of your Jira instance.

> ✅ A message will be displayed confirming that Configuration Manager for Jira has successfully created the snapshot. You will find any warnings that you may want to review in CMJ's [Audit log](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMJ/pages/198246829).