feat(schema-config): add schema config import tool - #8452
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Included review availability: This review used your included allowance. Your plan provides up to 2 included reviews per hour; 1 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe PR adds schema localization import support. The backend validates and applies schema JSON through a new endpoint. The Schema Config interface selects files, confirms imports, submits them, and reports errors. ChangesSchema localization import
Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant SchemaConfigHeader
participant SchemaConfigLayout
participant schema_localization_import
participant CRUD_API
SchemaConfigHeader->>SchemaConfigLayout: Select JSON file
SchemaConfigLayout->>SchemaConfigLayout: Parse and confirm import
SchemaConfigLayout->>schema_localization_import: Submit schema and language
schema_localization_import->>CRUD_API: Apply localization operations
CRUD_API-->>SchemaConfigLayout: Return update count or error
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Full details: Linked Issues checkExplanation The implementation satisfies the core import flow in Resolution Add and test the two import modes from Full details: Testing InstructionsExplanation The testing instructions contain an inaccurate save step and an incomplete language condition. Import sends the file directly to Resolution Update the manual checklist to state that import writes immediately, then verify the imported values after the automatic page refresh; remove the instruction to click Save after import. Require the source export language and country code to match the active Schema Config language, and add a separate test for a mismatched-language export and its error message. Add a read-only or insufficient-permission check for the Import control and endpoint, and include cancel/backup-download verification so the new frontend states are covered.
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In `@specifyweb/backend/context/views.py`:
- Around line 618-621: Update the language validation regex in the endpoint’s
language-checking logic to require alphabetic two-character language and
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language-only and language-country inputs.
- Around line 576-577: Update the table-data handling around the existing
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- Open Schema Config for a collection using a user that has schema-edit permissions.
- Confirm Export button (in top left) downloads the current full schema-localization JSON.
- Make changes to various fields in Schema Config and verify Import is disabled until it has been saved.
- Select Import and download the current schema backup when prompted.
- Select a full schema export from another database, or reset the schema by importing the
config/common/schema_localization_en.json. - Review the changed tables and fields, then click Save.
- Refresh Schema Config and confirm the imported captions and values remain.
- Try an invalid JSON file (export a query if you need one) and confirm the import is rejected without making any changes to the schema.
Everything passes except that I got an error when importing this json file. It took some minutes before it showed the error message. However it passes once I imported the export from another database.config/common/schema_localization_en.json

I was also able to see the invalid JSON rejection when uploading query export:

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- Around line 646-660: In the import reference setup, add a separate item-format
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- Around line 488-499: Update SCHEMA_IMPORT_REFERENCE_FIELDS and the
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- Around line 595-598: Correct the formatter references in
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499-499: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winValidate imported
aggregatorvalues againstreferences['aggregator'].
SCHEMA_IMPORT_FIELDS[Splocalecontainer]includesaggregator, butSCHEMA_IMPORT_REFERENCE_FIELDSdoes not. Because of this,_schema_import_valuesnever checks an importedaggregatorvalue. It passes the value straight to the containerPUT. The endpoint buildsreferences['aggregator']fromDataObjFormatters(lines 656-659), but no code reads that set.If an export names an aggregator that the target database does not have, the importer saves that name. Aggregation then shows
<Aggregator not defined.>. This contradicts the dialog text, which says unavailable references are not assigned. An earlier commit fixed this, but the fix is no longer in the current code.The fallback in
_schema_import_operations(line 581) has a related problem. It builds its keys fromSCHEMA_IMPORT_REFERENCE_FIELDSonly. It has noitemformatkey, so line 617 raisesKeyErrorwhen a caller omitsreferences.Proposed fix
-SCHEMA_IMPORT_REFERENCE_FIELDS = {'format', 'picklistname', 'weblinkname'} +SCHEMA_IMPORT_REFERENCE_FIELDS = { + 'format', 'aggregator', 'picklistname', 'weblinkname', +}- references = references or {key: set() for key in SCHEMA_IMPORT_REFERENCE_FIELDS} + references = references or { + key: set() for key in (*SCHEMA_IMPORT_REFERENCE_FIELDS, 'itemformat') + }Please add a test that imports an unknown
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In `@specifyweb/backend/context/views.py`:
- Around line 629-690: Update schema_localization_import to enforce the
aggregate Schema Config permission across all three localization tables before
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Partially fixes #6155, as it is only the basic schema import/export mechanism.
Adds Schema Config import for full schema-localization JSON exports. Note that it can take over a minute to restore a schema as it performs a lot of updates to accomplish.
splocale*tables. Preserves table/field permission checks, locking, audit logging, andModifiedByAgentis linked to the user who initiates the action.Import Button:

Import Dialog (after file selection):

Here is where the user can choose to make a backup before importing the new schema. After import, the user will see a loading dialog which will disappear once the import completes:
Error (invalid JSON):

There are some automatic tests, which cover:
en-us)Manual Testing
This is best tested by exporting various schema config files from different databases. Please test this with complex schemas that have custom pick lists and web links assigned, then import those exports into other databases missing those resources. Test exporting the current database and importing the export you just made while verifying the schema still has all the pick lists and captions assigned the same.
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