Move templates between machines
Export and import templates as .six files to share them across installations.
A template you build on one machine can run on any other Scanix installation — export it to a .six file, carry that file over, and import it. Use this to promote a template from a staging machine to production, hand a finished template to a colleague, or keep a backup before you make big changes.
A .six file holds the full template definition — its zones, index fields, validation rules, splitting, AI configuration, and output settings — so the receiving machine gets an exact copy. It does not carry machine-specific values like internal IDs or counters, which is what lets the same template run cleanly on a scanner with a different resolution.
Where this lives
Everything happens on the Templates page in the left navigation. There are two routes:
- A single card — hover any template card and click Export as .six to save just that one.
- The Import / Export tile — pinned to the right of the creation tiles at the top of the list. Click it to open the Transfer Templates dialog, which has an Export tab and an Import tab for working in bulk.
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The Templates page showing the Import / Export tile ("Transfer .six templates") at the top right, and the Export as .six action revealed on a hovered template card. — shot templates-import-export-01
Export templates
Find the template
On the Templates page, hover the card for the template you want to move.
Click Export as .six
A row of actions appears on the card. Click Export as .six.
Save the file
Your system's save dialog opens with a suggested filename (the template's name) and the Scanix Template file type. Choose where to save and confirm. You now have a .six file ready to copy to another machine.
Open Transfer Templates
Click the Import / Export tile at the top of the Templates page, then make sure you're on the Export tab.
Pick the templates
Each template appears with a checkbox. Tick the ones you want, or use Select all to take the whole list. The footer keeps a running count — "N of M selected".
Export
Click Export (the button shows the count, e.g. Export (3)). When you export more than one, Scanix asks you to choose a folder and writes one .six file per template into it — each named after the template.
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The Transfer Templates dialog on its Export tab — the Select all toggle, a checklist of templates, the "N of M selected" count in the footer, and the Export button. — shot templates-import-export-02
Import a .six file
Bring a template onto this machine from a .six file you exported elsewhere.
Open the Import tab
On the Templates page, click the Import / Export tile to open Transfer Templates, then switch to the Import tab.
Choose how many files
Pick one of the two options:
- Single File — Import one .six template.
- Multiple Files — Import several .six files. You can select more than one file in the picker.
Select the file(s)
Your system's file picker opens, filtered to Scanix Template files. Choose the .six file or files and confirm.
Find the imported template
The new template appears in your list. Its name has (Imported) added to the end, so you can tell it apart from anything already on the machine and rename it when you're ready.
Importing always adds a new template
An import creates a fresh template card — it never overwrites an existing one, even if the names match. That's why the imported copy is suffixed with (Imported). If you meant to replace a template, delete the old one yourself after you've confirmed the import looks right.
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The Transfer Templates dialog on its Import tab — the Single File and Multiple Files buttons with their descriptions. — shot templates-import-export-03
When to use this
Staging to production
Build and test a template on one machine, then export it and import it on the production machines that do the high-volume runs.
Share with a colleague
Send a teammate the .six file so they can run the exact same capture without rebuilding it by hand.
Keep a backup
Export a working template before a big edit, so you can re-import the known-good version if a change doesn't pan out.
Troubleshooting
Next steps
Templates
What a template is, the three ways to create one, and how it captures structured data.
The Designer
Open an imported template and draw or tune its extraction zones over a sample page.