# How to convert aPMI project to Ignition Vision Panel Edition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-convert-apmi-project-to-ignition-vision-panel-edition/2157>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 27, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-convert-apmi-project-to-ignition-vision-panel-edition/2157 "2010-08-27T19:08:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![cezipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@cezipper](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cezipper)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-convert-apmi-project-to-ignition-vision-panel-edition/2157/1 "2010-08-27T19:08:40Z")

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I am a current user of Factory PMI/SQL. I want to try using Ignition Vision Panel Edition. Can I just convert one of my projects to Ignition Vision Panel Edition? I tired to use the upgrade option under backup/resore, but I had to major problems:  
When I tried to restore the PMI backup, the text said everything worked great, but the projects are not in the system? I cannot tell that it did anything.  
When I tried to restore the SQL backup, there were no options in map to drop down list for the database connections, but it would not let me proceed without a selection, even if I unchecked importing the database.

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-convert-apmi-project-to-ignition-vision-panel-edition/2157/2 "2010-08-27T19:58:39Z")

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What version of Ignition do you have? We have fixed quite a few legacy restore problems. The latest version right now is 7.1.6 online. You may want to upgrade first.

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**Author:** ![cezipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@cezipper](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cezipper)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-convert-apmi-project-to-ignition-vision-panel-edition/2157/3 "2010-08-27T20:00:29Z")

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I just downloaded it yesterday. I am running 7.1.6 (b5739).

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-convert-apmi-project-to-ignition-vision-panel-edition/2157/4 "2010-08-27T21:44:56Z")

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Can you upload your wrapper.log so we can see what happened during the restore? If you can upload your FactorySQL or FactoryPMI projects to [inductiveautomation.com/uploads](http://www.inductiveautomation.com/uploads) we can try it here.