Exporting and importing Impact Response Tool configuration files allows team members to quickly replicate setups across HEC-RTS watersheds. This guide covers how to export, share, and import these configuration files.

Prerequisites

Before sharing or importing configuration files, ensure both users have identical data access based on your source type:

  • Forecast DSS: Must be working within the same HEC-RTS watershed and have access to the same Forecast Runs.

  • DSS Files: Must have access to the same underlying external HEC-DSS files.

Exporting a Configuration

  1. Launch HEC-RTS.
  2. From the Tools menu, click HEC-WMT to open the Water Management Toolbox.
  3. Complete your Impact Response Tool setup,
    1. Follow the steps laid out in this tutorial if you need assistance.
  4. Click Export Config.
  5. In the Export Config dialog, choose your destination, enter a file name, and click Save.

You can now share the generated .json file with your team.

Importing a Configuration

  1. Obtain the configuration .json file you want to import.
  2. Launch HEC-RTS
  3. From the Tools menu, click HEC-WMT to open the Water Management Toolbox.
  4. Create a new Impact Response tab.
  5. Click Load Config.
  6. In the Load Config dialog, navigate to and select the .json file, then click Open.

The tool will automatically populate the table with the saved settings and reassess all statuses using the available data sources.