# Copy encounter templates to blank db

**URL:** <https://community.open-emr.org/t/copy-encounter-templates-to-blank-db/26880>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 6, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/copy-encounter-templates-to-blank-db/26880 "2026-07-06T16:27:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hopeful](https://community.open-emr.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ce7236/32.png) [@Hopeful](https://community.open-emr.org/u/Hopeful)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/copy-encounter-templates-to-blank-db/26880/1 "2026-07-06T16:27:35Z")

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**Situation**  
Is it possible to copy encounter templates only from one database to a blank database?

**OpenEMR Version**  
I’m using OpenEMR version 7.02

**Browser** :  
I’m using: Brave

**Operating System**  
I’m using: Ubuntu

**Search**  
Did you search the forum for similar questions? yes

**Logs**  
Did you check the logs? technically not a support issue but not sure where to post question  
Was there anything pertinent in them?  
Please paste them here (surround with three backticks (```) for readability.  
You can also turn on User Debugging under Administration-\>Globals-\>Logging User Debugging Options=\>All

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**Author:** ![Nilesh\_Hake](https://community.open-emr.org/user_avatar/community.open-emr.org/nilesh_hake/32/13927_2.png) [@Nilesh\_Hake](https://community.open-emr.org/u/Nilesh_Hake)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 5:13am UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/copy-encounter-templates-to-blank-db/26880/2 "2026-07-07T05:13:37Z")

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@Hopeful If you want to copy the layout template its possible you have copy data from respective tables from DB. I am talking here on copy templates between OpenEMR to OpenEMR application only.

Thanks,  
Nilesh  
NBH Health Soft

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**Author:** ![Hopeful](https://community.open-emr.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ce7236/32.png) [@Hopeful](https://community.open-emr.org/u/Hopeful)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/copy-encounter-templates-to-blank-db/26880/3 "2026-07-07T13:25:29Z")

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We have spent a year creating encounter templates in a ‘demo’ openemr database. My goal is to copy the encounter templates from the demo db and place in a blank clean db and use that going forward for additional customization and our original install for each new client. My concern has been deleting the test patients and fake transactions in the demo db and creating a mess or errors.

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**Author:** ![Nilesh\_Hake](https://community.open-emr.org/user_avatar/community.open-emr.org/nilesh_hake/32/13927_2.png) [@Nilesh\_Hake](https://community.open-emr.org/u/Nilesh_Hake)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/copy-encounter-templates-to-blank-db/26880/4 "2026-07-07T13:29:52Z")

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@Hopeful You can copy that template into blank database, I do not think mess or do the error.