Why would I import administration data?

Import administration data previously exported from a source site into a target site when you want to: Configure the target site the same as the source site. Move administration data configured on a test environment into a production environment. When importing administration data, you can use merge options to control whether the source or target takes precedence. Before actually importing data, you can perform a dry run import, and then review the dry run report to analyze the potential impact and resolve any conflicts. You can perform the dry run import, and perform the actual import, using either the admin_data_import utility or using Teamcenter Environment Manager (TEM).