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Use separate testing and production environments: develop and tune the skill in a sandbox that mirrors production, then transfer the tuned skill into production. You can still collect documents processed by Manual Review Operators in production and transfer the skill — along with its accumulated documents — back to testing to continue development.

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Development workflow

Continued development with separate environments follows this cycle:
1

Develop the skill in testing

Develop the skill in the testing environment as described in the Standalone skills scenario and the Process skill scenario.
2

Export the skill from testing

Once the skill is ready for production, export it from the testing environment.
If you export a skill without its document set, you won’t be able to continue training it in production, and you won’t be able to add documents collected in production back to the current skill in testing. Skills without a document set can only be trained from scratch using a new document set.
3

Import the skill into production

Import the skill into the production environment.
4

Set up a Process skill in production (optional)

In production, set up a Process skill that references the imported skill if you want to collect documents processed by the skill. For details, see the Process skill scenario.
You can also export and import the Process skill itself — referenced skills can be included in the archive. You should still consult the Process skill scenario to pick a document-collection strategy and adjust skill settings.
5

Use the skill in production

Run the skill in the production environment. Collect documents via Manual Review as configured.
6

Export from production with the document set

After collecting documents (or making other changes to the skill in production), export the latest published version of the skill, including the document set, from the production environment.
7

Import the skill back into testing

Import the skill into the testing environment.
8

Adjust and test in testing

Adjust, publish, and test the skill in the testing environment.
9

Redeploy to production

Repeat steps 2–4 to redeploy the updated skill to production.
Repeat steps 5–9 to fine-tune the skill over multiple iterations.

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Important considerations

When transferring a skill between environments:
  • Export and import upload and download all documents used in the skill. A large document set can take some time to transfer.
  • Check which version of a skill the Process skill references. If you imported the skill as a new version of an existing skill, you may need to update the Process skill’s version reference manually.

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Export a skill

The export captures the latest published version, so make sure that version is up to date. Publish the skill first if needed.
1

Select the skill

In the Skill Catalog, left-click the skill (anywhere except its name) to select it.
2

Click Export

Click Export on the toolbar.
3

Choose what to include

Choose whether to include the data catalog records and the document set used to train the skill. Exclude them if they contain sensitive data.
4

Export the archive

Click the Export button. Vantage archives the skill to a ZIP file — this can take some time for large document sets. When the archive is ready, it downloads automatically to your local Downloads folder.
For more information, see Export a skill.

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Import a skill

1

Open the Skill Catalog

Open the Skill Catalog.
2

Click Import

Click Import on the toolbar.
3

Select the archive

In the dialog that opens, select the archive that contains the skill you want to import.
4

Confirm

Click Open.
5

Handle existing skills

If the skill already exists in your Skill Catalog, choose whether to create a new version of the existing skill or a new skill under a different name.
Once the import finishes, the skill is available to users in the current environment. For more information, see Import a skill.

Skill design management

Choose a scenario for developing and managing skills already in production.

Standalone skills scenario

Develop Classification or Document skills used directly via API or connectors.

Process skill scenario

Develop Classification or Document skills referenced by a Process skill.

Export a skill

Package a skill as a ZIP file for sharing or transfer.

Import a skill

Bring an exported skill ZIP into your tenant.