The 2026 Drupal Business Survey is open. Your response will help shape the future of the Drupal business ecosystem.Currently when setting up a profile or advanced backup there is a "Database Options" fieldgroup where you can exclude tables/data. There should also be the ability to include specific tables/data.
Say you just want a profile to backup just your content. Currently you have to select all tables except the content specific ones. This works but when a new module is added which adds a field to the database you have to update the profile otherwise it gets backed up as well.
| Comment | File | Size | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | backup_migrate.include-tables.patch | 2.39 KB | bgilhome |
Comments
Comment #1
bgilhome commentedHere's a patch which gives an 'Include only' option - if a selection is made, only the selected tables will be backed up, subject to the usual structure & data exclusion settings. Useful for creating eg. a 'Content only' profile, to export only eg. node, node_revisions etc.
Comment #2
couturier commentedGiven that this patch is 6 years old and created under the 6.x branch, I am closing. If this is still a desired feature, please re-open under the 8.x branch. Also keep in mind that current resources for maintaining this module are extremely limited and mostly devoted to bug fixes and pushing a stable release for 8.x.