# Export and recover genuine project data

Download actual reports and backups, save isolated work and validate recovery.

Source: https://help.smartfact.ai/manifestbench/guides/save-and-restore

Audience: Operator

## Export and recover genuine project data

1. **Start a manifest check**

   Start a manifest check.

   Check distinct IDs against a reviewed local list. This synthetic lesson never confirms physical contents or despatch.

2. **Choose the prepared manifest**

   Choose the prepared manifest.

   The prepared CSV enters the real file input. Each listed carton has its own exact ID; this is not a quantity list.

3. **Map the exact ID column**

   Map the exact ID column.

   Choose Label for the carton IDs. Leading zeroes remain significant.

4. **Map the descriptions**

   Map the descriptions.

   Choose Text for the description. The Ignore column stays outside the retained snapshot.

5. **Name the manifest snapshot**

   Name the manifest snapshot.

   Give this reviewed snapshot a recognisable name. A name and date are local context, not verified authority.

6. **Declare the list date**

   Declare the list date.

   This declared source date does not prove that a manifest is current.

7. **Confirm distinct physical IDs**

   Confirm distinct physical IDs.

   Confirm that every row is a distinct carton, pallet or serial ID, never a repeated SKU representing a quantity.

8. **Load the reviewed manifest**

   Load the reviewed manifest.

   The real reader validates three unique IDs and keeps only the mapped columns. A pallet ID never implies its child cartons were checked.

9. **Record the first listed ID**

   Record the first listed ID.

   The exact listed ID counts once. This keyboard submission is a local observation, not proof that goods were loaded.

10. **Record the second listed ID**

   Record the second listed ID.

   The exact listed ID counts once. This keyboard submission is a local observation, not proof that goods were loaded.

11. **Record the third listed ID**

   Record the third listed ID.

   The exact listed ID counts once. This keyboard submission is a local observation, not proof that goods were loaded.

12. **Review coverage and exceptions**

   Review coverage and exceptions.

   Review missing, unexpected and repeated observations independently before finishing or exporting.

13. **Freeze the local summary**

   Freeze the local summary.

   Finishing freezes the current coverage and exceptions. It does not approve a load, confirm carton contents or book despatch.

14. **Download the actual CSV report**

   Download the actual CSV report.

   The real CSV keeps observations, exact IDs, recorded sources, corrections and finished summaries. Import identifiers as text in a spreadsheet.

15. **Download the actual PDF report**

   Download the actual PDF report.

   The genuine PDF includes coverage, exceptions and retained history. Downloading it does not confirm printing or despatch.

16. **Download a recoverable project**

   Download a recoverable project.

   The real portable exporter keeps the synthetic manifest and replayable scan history. Derived coverage is checked again when imported.

17. **Save isolated practice work**

   Save isolated practice work.

   The normal save action writes only this Help session’s private database. Ordinary saved work remains separate.

18. **Start new temporary work**

   Start new temporary work.

   Accept the genuine replacement confirmation. This frame’s isolated saved check remains available until the session ends.

19. **List the isolated saved check**

   List the isolated saved check.

   Only this practice session’s saved work is listed. Normal projects and workbench cookies are never read.

20. **Restore the saved check**

   Restore the saved check.

   The actual project store validates and replays the saved history before showing the summary.

21. **Refuse malformed project data**

   Refuse malformed project data.

   Duplicate JSON keys are rejected atomically. The accepted manifest and all observations remain unchanged.

22. **Keep the accepted check**

   Keep the accepted check.

   Dismiss the refusal. The complete original check remains available.

23. **Import a prepared synthetic check**

   Import a prepared synthetic check.

   The genuine importer replays the prepared project with one listed ID observed. Imported source and time claims remain unverified.

[Watch or practise this chapter](https://help.smartfact.ai/manifestbench/demo?guide=save-and-restore&chapter=save-and-restore)