Import Organization Export via CLI

This guide explains how to re-import an Entropy Data organization export (zip file) using the Entropy Data CLI.

Export

To export your organization data, navigate to Settings > Export in the left sidebar of your organization. This page is only available to organization owners.

The export page shows a preview with counts of each resource type. Click the download button to generate a zip archive containing all your organization's resources as YAML files:

• Data products
• Data contracts
• Teams (including members and roles)
• Tags
• Definitions
• Assets
• Source systems (deprecated)
• Access agreements

Import

entropy-data --api-key your-api-key --host https://app.entropy-data.com import zip export.zip

The CLI handles dependency ordering, team hierarchy resolution, and member stripping automatically.

Prerequisites

• Entropy Data CLI installed via uv tool install entropy-data-cli
• An API key with organization-level scope for the target Entropy Data instance
• The export zip file from Entropy Data

Configuration

Set your API key and host as environment variables or in a .env file to avoid passing them on every command:

export ED_API_KEY="your-api-key"
export ED_HOST="https://app.entropy-data.com"

Then simply run:

entropy-data import zip export.zip

What Gets Imported

The export zip contains the following resources, which are imported in dependency order:

Known Issues

• Team members: Exported teams may reference users (email addresses) that don't exist in the target organization. The CLI strips members automatically during import.
• Access agreements: Some access agreements may reference deleted data products (marked as 'unknown'), which will fail during import. These are typically rejected/cancelled agreements that can be safely skipped.