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# 5 Screens

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#### Overview

Screen [export](/manual/xml_export_import) contains the screen structure
- all screen settings and all screen elements along with their
configuration.

Anything included in the screen itself (like a host, host group or any
other data) is not exported. Thus, if at least one of the elements the
screen refers to is missing, importing it will fail.

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#### Exporting

To export screens, do the following:

-   Go to: *Monitoring* → *Screens*
-   Mark the checkboxes of the screens to export
-   Click on *Export* below the list

![](../../../assets/en/manual/xml_export_import/export_screens.png)

Selected screens are exported to a local XML file with default name
*zabbix\_export\_screens.xml*.

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#### Importing

To import screens, do the following:

-   Go to: *Monitoring* → *Screens*
-   Click on *Import* to the right
-   Select the import file
-   Mark the required options in import rules
-   Click on *Import*

![](../../../assets/en/manual/xml_export_import/import_screens.png)

All mandatory input fields are marked with a red asterisk.

A success or failure message of the import will be displayed in the
frontend.

Import rules:

|Rule|Description|
|----|-----------|
|*Update existing*|Existing screens will be updated with data taken from the import file. Otherwise they will not be updated.|
|*Create new*|The import will add new screens using data from the import file. Otherwise it will not add them.|

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#### Export format

Exporting a small screen with two graphs taking up the first row of the
screen.

``` {.xml}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<zabbix_export>
    <version>4.0</version>
    <date>2016-10-07T08:02:40Z</date>
    <screens>
        <screen>
            <name>Zabbix server</name>
            <hsize>2</hsize>
            <vsize>3</vsize>
            <screen_items>
                <screen_item>
                    <resourcetype>0</resourcetype>
                    <width>300</width>
                    <height>80</height>
                    <x>0</x>
                    <y>0</y>
                    <colspan>1</colspan>
                    <rowspan>1</rowspan>
                    <elements>0</elements>
                    <valign>0</valign>
                    <halign>0</halign>
                    <style>0</style>
                    <url/>
                    <dynamic>1</dynamic>
                    <sort_triggers>0</sort_triggers>
                    <resource>
                        <name>CPU load</name>
                        <host>Zabbix host</host>
                    </resource>
                    <max_columns>3</max_columns>
                    <application/>
                </screen_item>
                <screen_item>
                    <resourcetype>0</resourcetype>
                    <width>300</width>
                    <height>80</height>
                    <x>1</x>
                    <y>0</y>
                    <colspan>1</colspan>
                    <rowspan>1</rowspan>
                    <elements>0</elements>
                    <valign>0</valign>
                    <halign>0</halign>
                    <style>0</style>
                    <url/>
                    <dynamic>1</dynamic>
                    <sort_triggers>0</sort_triggers>
                    <resource>
                        <name>CPU utilization</name>
                        <host>Zabbix host</host>
                    </resource>
                    <max_columns>3</max_columns>
                    <application/>
                </screen_item>
            </screen_items>
        </screen>
    </screens>
</zabbix_export>
```

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#### Element tags

Element tag values are explained in the table below.

|Element|Element property|Type|Range|Description|
|-------|----------------|----|-----|-----------|
|screens|<|<|<|<|
|screen|<|<|<|<|
|<|name|`string`|<|Unique screen name.|
|<|hsize|`integer`|<|Horizontal size, number of columns.|
|<|vsize|`integer`|<|Vertical size, number of rows.|
|screen\_items|<|<|<|<|
|screen\_item|<|<|<|<|
|<|resourcetype|`integer`|0 - graph<br>1 - simple graph<br>2 - map<br>3 - plain text<br>4 - host info<br>5 - trigger info<br>6 - server info<br>7 - clock<br>8 - screen<br>9 - trigger overview<br>10 - data overview<br>11 - URL<br>12 - history of actions<br>13 - history of events<br>14 - host group issues<br>15 - problems by severity<br>16 - host issues<br>19 - simple graph prototype<br>20 - graph prototype<br>|Resource type.|
|<|width|`integer`|<|Width of the screen item (in pixels) if 'resourcetype' is 0, 1, 7, 11, 19 or 20.|
|<|height|`integer`|<|Height of the screen item (in pixels) if 'resourcetype' is 0, 1, 7, 11, 19 or 20.|
|<|x|`integer`|<|X-coordinates of the screen item on the screen, from left to right.<br>'0' means start from first column.|
|<|y|`integer`|<|Y-coordinates of the screen item on the screen, from top to bottom.<br>'0' means start from first row.|
|<|colspan|`integer`|<|Number of columns the screen item will span across.|
|<|rowspan|`integer`|<|Number or rows the screen item will span across.|
|<|elements|`integer`|<|Number of lines to display on the screen item if 'resourcetype' is 3, 12, 13, 14 or 16.|
|<|valign|`integer`|0 - middle (default)<br>1 - top<br>2 - bottom|Vertical alignment.|
|<|halign|`integer`|0 - center (default)<br>1 - left<br>2 - right|Horizontal alignment.|
|<|style|`integer`|0 - plain text<br>1 - HTML|Option of displaying screen item if 'resourcetype' is 3.|
|^|^|`integer`|0 - local time<br>1 - server time<br>2 - host time|Option of displaying screen item if 'resourcetype' is 7.|
|^|^|`integer`|0 - horizontal<br>1 - vertical|Option of displaying screen item if 'resourcetype' is 4,5.|
|^|^|`integer`|0 - left side<br>1 - top|Option of displaying screen item if 'resourcetype' is 9,10.|
|<|url|`string`|<|Link URL if 'resourcetype' is 11.|
|<|dynamic|`integer`|0 - no<br>1 - yes|Make screen item dynamic if 'resourcetype' is 0, 1, 3, 19 or 20.|
|<|sort\_triggers|`integer`|0 - last change (descending)<br>1 - severity (descending)<br>2 - host (ascending)|Option to sort triggers by if 'resourcetype' is 14,16.|
|^|^|`integer`|3 - time (ascending)<br>4 - time (descending)<br>5 - type (ascending)<br>6 - type (descending)<br>7 - status (ascending)<br>8 - status (descending)<br>9 - retries left (ascending)<br>10 - retries left (descending)<br>11 - recipient (ascending)<br>12 - recipient (descending)|Option to sort triggers by if 'resourcetype' is 12.|
|<|max\_columns|`integer`|<|In how many columns generated graphs should be displayed in the screen cell if 'resourcetype' is 19 or 20.<br>Useful when there are many LLD-generated graphs.|
|<|application|`string`|<|Filter by application name if 'resourcetype' is 9 or 10.|
|resource|<|<|<|<|
|<|name|`string`|<|Resource name.|
|<|host|`string`|<|Resource host.|

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