Projects – Fact Sheet Fusion Help

Understanding the operation of the files and folders included in your Fusion databases and projects is very important, especially when it comes to backing up.

When you create a new Fusion v2 database a file will be created with an extension ‘.fusion2‘. Along with this database file a folder of the same name (without the extension) will also be created. Within this folder the media, watermarks and icons you have attached will be stored.

For example, if a Fusion database called “Pest Insects” is created in the folder “C:\temp”, the following will be created:

C:\temp\Pest Insects.fusion2
             \Pest Insects\
                                \Icons
                                \Media
                                \Watermarks

Warning

It is critical that both the database file and folder are backed up.

When backing up your work always ensure that Fact Sheet Fusion has been closed or that the database to be backed up is not open. To save space when backing up your Fusion Database and folder you can use a ZIP archive program such as 7Zip to compress the database and folder into a single file. See https://www.7-zip.org for more information.

Restoring a Backup

If you need to restore a backup edition of your Fusion database, just copy the database file and corresponding folder to their new location.

Note

It is recommended that you don't copy a restored edition over the top of an existing, older edition of the database and folder as this may leave unwanted media in the database folder.

A Fact Sheet Fusion project is held within a Fusion Database. There may be one or many projects contained within a Fusion database. A fusion database is where all the data is held necessary for creating fact sheets.

Creating a Project

To create a new project, type its name into the project name text box, then click the add button. When typing the project name any invalid characters will be removed and the project name limited to a maximum of 256 characters. You will receive a confirmation message once the project has been created.

Once the project has been created it will be listed in the current projects list.

Newly created project listed in the current projects list

Opening a Project

To open an existing project within the selected Fusion database click on the open icon.

Renaming a Project

To rename a project, double click on the project name, edit the project name, then click on the update icon.

Importing into a Project

To import an older fusion database (version 1) click on the import icon for the desired project. See Importing version 1 fusion databases for more information.

Deleting a Project

A project can be deleted by selecting the delete icon for that project. You will be warned prior to the deletion.

Warning

There is no undo available once a project has been deleted. They only way to recover a project is to restore a database from a backup. See Backing up your fusion database for more information.

Select project for Batch Export

See Batch exporting of projects for further information.

Return to select a different database

Click on the return to Open Databases dialog by clicking the “Open Fusion Databases” button.