Update Documentation about export, import and backup features (#4150)

cvat-ui/src/components/import-dataset-modal/import-dataset-modal.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2021 Intel Corporation
+// Copyright (C) 2021-2022 Intel Corporation
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function ImportDatasetModal(): JSX.Element {
             dispatch(importDatasetAsync(instance, values.selectedFormat as string, file));
             closeModal();
             Notification.info({
-                message: 'Dataset export started',
+                message: 'Dataset import started',
                 description: `Dataset import was started for project #${instance?.id}. `,
                 className: 'cvat-notification-notice-import-dataset-start',
             });
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function ImportDatasetModal(): JSX.Element {
                 >
                     <Form.Item
                         name='selectedFormat'
-                        label='Export format'
+                        label='Import format'
                         rules={[{ required: true, message: 'Format must be selected' }]}
                     >
                         <Select placeholder='Select dataset format' className='cvat-modal-import-select'>

site/content/en/docs/getting_started.md

@@ -60,17 +60,18 @@ you the opportunity to speed up the execution of the annotation:
 - [AI tools](/docs/manual/advanced/ai-tools/) - tools requiring installation.
 - [Automatic annotation](/docs/manual/advanced/automatic-annotation/) - automatic annotation with using DL models.
 
-## Dump annotation
+## Export dataset
 
 ![](/images/image028.jpg)
 
 1. To download the annotations, first you have to save all changes.
    Click the `Save` button or press `Ctrl+S`to save annotations quickly.
 
-2. After you saved the changes, click the `Menu` button.
+1. After you saved the changes, click the `Menu` button.
 
-3. Then click the `Dump Annotation` button.
+1. Then click the `Export dataset` button.
 
-4. Lastly choose a format of the dump annotation file.
+1. Lastly choose a format of the dataset.
+   Exporting is available in formats from the [list of supported formats](/docs/manual/advanced/formats/).
 
-To learn more, go to [downloading annotations](/docs/manual/advanced/downloading-annotations/)
+To learn more, go to [export/import datasets](/docs/manual/advanced/export-import-datasets/) section.

site/content/en/docs/manual/advanced/backup.md

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+---
+title: 'Backup Task and Project'
+linkTitle: 'Backup'
+weight: 17
+---
+
+In CVAT you can backup tasks and projects.
+This can be used to backup a task or project on your PC or to transfer to another server.
+
+## Backup
+
+To backup a task or project, open the action menu and select `Backup Task` or `Backup Project`.
+
+![](/images/image219.jpg)
+
+### Backup structure
+
+As a result, you'll get a zip archive containing data,
+task or project and task specification and annotations with the following structure:
+
+{{< tabpane >}}
+  {{< tab header="Task Backup Structure" >}}
+    .
+    ├── data
+    │   └── {user uploaded data}
+    ├── task.json
+    └── annotations.json
+  {{< /tab >}}
+  {{< tab header="Project Backup Structure" >}}
+    .
+    ├── task_{id}
+    │   ├── data
+    │   │   └── {user uploaded data}
+    │   ├── task.json
+    │   └── annotations.json
+    └── project.json
+  {{< /tab >}}
+{{< /tabpane >}}
+
+### Backup API
+
+- endpoint: `/v1/tasks/{id}/backup` or `/v1/projects/{id}/backup`
+- method: `GET`
+- responses: 202, 201 with zip archive payload
+
+## Create from backup
+
+To create a task or project from a backup, go to the tasks or projects page,
+click the `Create from backup` button and select the archive you need.
+
+![](/images/image220.jpg)
+
+As a result, you'll get a task containing data, parameters, and annotations of the previously exported task.
+
+### Create from backup API
+
+- endpoint: `/api/v1/tasks/backup` or `/api/v1/projects/backup`
+- method: `POST`
+- Content-Type: `multipart/form-data`
+- responses: 202, 201 with json payload

site/content/en/docs/manual/advanced/downloading-annotations.md

@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
----
-title: 'Downloading annotations'
-linkTitle: 'Downloading annotations'
-weight: 18
----
-
-1. To download the latest annotations, you have to save all changes first.
-   Сlick the `Save` button. There is a `Ctrl+S` shortcut to save annotations quickly.
-1. After that, сlick the `Menu` button.
-1. Press the `Export task dataset` button.
-
-   ![](/images/image028.jpg)
-
-1. Choose the format for exporting the dataset. Exporting is available in several formats:
-
-   - [CVAT for video](/docs/manual/advanced/xml_format/#interpolation)
-     choose if the task is created in interpolation mode.
-   - [CVAT for images](/docs/manual/advanced/xml_format/#annotation)
-     choose if a task is created in annotation mode.
-
-   ![](/images/image029.jpg 'Example XML format')
-
-   - [PASCAL VOC](http://host.robots.ox.ac.uk/pascal/VOC/)
-   - [(VOC) Segmentation mask](http://host.robots.ox.ac.uk/pascal/VOC/) —
-     archive contains class and instance masks for each frame in the png
-     format and a text file with the value of each color.
-   - [YOLO](https://pjreddie.com/darknet/yolo/)
-   - [COCO](http://cocodataset.org/#format-data)
-   - [TFRecord](https://www.tensorflow.org/tutorials/load_data/tfrecord)
-   - [MOT](https://motchallenge.net/)
-   - [LabelMe 3.0](http://labelme.csail.mit.edu/Release3.0/)
-   - [Datumaro](https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/cvat/tree/develop/cvat/apps/dataset_manager/formats/datumaro)
-   - [ImageNet](http://www.image-net.org/)
-   - [CamVid](http://mi.eng.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/VideoRec/CamVid/)
-   - [WIDER Face](http://shuoyang1213.me/WIDERFACE/)
-   - [VGGFace2](https://github.com/ox-vgg/vgg_face2)
-   - [Market-1501](https://www.aitribune.com/dataset/2018051063)
-   - [ICDAR13/15](https://rrc.cvc.uab.es/?ch=2)
-
-
-   For 3D tasks, the following formats are available:
-   - [Kitti Raw Format 1.0](http://www.cvlibs.net/datasets/kitti/raw_data.php)
-   - Sly Point Cloud Format 1.0  - Supervisely Point Cloud dataset
-
-1. To download images with the dataset tick the `Save images` box
-
-1. (Optional) To name the resulting archive, use the `Custom name` field.
-
-  ![](/images/image225.jpg)

site/content/en/docs/manual/advanced/export-import-datasets.md

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+---
+title: 'Export/import datasets and upload annotation'
+linkTitle: 'Export/import datasets'
+weight: 18
+description: 'This section explains how to download and upload datasets
+  (including annotation, images, and metadata) of projects, tasks, and jobs.'
+---
+
+## Export dataset
+
+You can export a dataset to a project, task or job.
+
+1. To download the latest annotations, you have to save all changes first.
+   Сlick the `Save` button. There is a `Ctrl+S` shortcut to save annotations quickly.
+
+   ![](/images/image028.jpg)
+
+1. After that, сlick the `Menu` button.
+   Exporting and importing of task and project datasets takes place through the `Action` menu.
+1. Press the `Export task dataset` button.
+
+   ![](/images/image225.jpg)
+
+1. Choose the format for exporting the dataset. Exporting and importing is available in:
+   - Standard CVAT formats:
+     - [CVAT for video](/docs/manual/advanced/xml_format/#interpolation)
+       choose if the task is created in interpolation mode.
+     - [CVAT for images](/docs/manual/advanced/xml_format/#annotation)
+       choose if a task is created in annotation mode.
+
+       <br>
+   - And also in formats from the [list of annotation formats supported by CVAT](/docs/manual/advanced/formats/).
+
+   - For 3D tasks, the following formats are available:
+     - [Kitti Raw Format 1.0](http://www.cvlibs.net/datasets/kitti/raw_data.php)
+     - Sly Point Cloud Format 1.0  - Supervisely Point Cloud dataset
+
+   <br>
+1. To download images with the dataset, tick the `Save images` box.
+1. (Optional) To name the resulting archive, use the `Custom name` field.
+
+## Import dataset
+
+You can import dataset only to a project. In this case, the data will be split into subsets.
+To import a dataset, do the following on the `Project` page:
+
+![](/images/image238.jpg)
+
+- Open the `Actions` menu.
+- Press the `Import dataset` button.
+- Select the dataset format (if you did not specify a custom name during export,
+  the format will be in the archive name).
+- Drag the file to the file upload area or click on the upload area to select the file through the explorer.
+
+During the import process, you will be able to track the progress of the import.
+
+## Upload annotations
+
+In the task or job you can upload an annotation. For this select the item `Upload annotation`
+in the menu `Action` of the task or in the job `Menu` on the `Top panel` select the format in which you plan
+to upload the annotation and select the annotation file or archive via explorer.

site/content/en/docs/manual/advanced/export-import.md

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
----
-title: 'Export/import a task'
-linkTitle: 'Export/import'
-weight: 17
----
-
-In CVAT you can export and import tasks.
-This can be used to backup the task on your PC or to transfer the task to another server.
-
-## Export task
-
-To export a task, open the action menu and select `Export Task`.
-
-![](/images/image219_mapillary_vistas.jpg)
-
-As a result, you'll get a zip archive containing data, task specification and annotations with the following structure:
-
-```
-.
-├── data
-│   ├── {user uploaded data}
-│   ├── manifest.jsonl
-├── task.json
-└── annotations.json
-```
-
-Export task API:
-
-- endpoint: `/api/v1/tasks/{id}?action=export​`
-- method: `GET`
-- responses: 202, 201 with zip archive payload
-
-## Import task
-
-To import a task from an archive, go to the tasks page, click the `Import Task` button and select the archive you need.
-
-![](/images/image220.jpg)
-
-As a result, you'll get a task containing data, parameters, and annotations of the previously exported task.
-
-Import task API:
-
-- endpoint: `/api/v1/tasks?action=import​`
-- method: `POST`
-- Content-Type: `multipart/form-data​`
-- responses: 202, 201 with json payload

site/content/en/docs/manual/advanced/projects.md

@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ description: 'Creating and exporting projects in CVAT.'
 At CVAT, you can create a project containing tasks of the same type.
 All tasks related to the project will inherit a list of labels.
 
-To create a project, go to the projects section by clicking on the `Projects` item in the top menu. 
-On the projects page, you can see a list of projects, use a search, or create a new project by clicking `Create New Project`.
+To create a project, go to the projects section by clicking on the `Projects` item in the top menu.
+On the projects page, you can see a list of projects, use a search,
+or create a new project by clicking `Create New Project`.
 
 ![](/images/image190.jpg)
 
@@ -27,28 +28,20 @@ Once created, the project will appear on the projects page. To open a project, j
 Here you can do the following:
 
 1. Change the project's title.
-1. Open the `Actions` menu.
+1. Open the `Actions` menu. Each button is responsible for a specific function in the `Actions` menu:
+   - `Export dataset`/`Import dataset` - download/upload annotations or annotations and images in a specific format.
+     More information is available in the [export/import datasets](/docs/manual/advanced/export-import-datasets/)
+     section.
+   - `Backup project` - make a backup of the project read more in the [backup](/docs/manual/advanced/backup/) section.
+   - `Delete` - remove the project and all related tasks.
 1. Change issue tracker or open issue tracker if it is specified.
 1. Change labels.
-   You can add new labels or add attributes for the existing labels in the Raw mode or the Constructor mode. 
+   You can add new labels or add attributes for the existing labels in the `Raw` mode or the `Constructor` mode.
    You can also change the color for different labels. By clicking `Copy` you can copy the labels to the clipboard.
 1. Assigned to — is used to assign a project to a person.
-   Start typing an assignee's name and/or choose the right person out of the dropdown list.
+   Start typing an assignee's name and/or choose the right person out of the dropdown list.
 1. `Tasks` — is a list of all tasks for a particular project, with the ability to search for tasks in the project.
    [Read more about search](/docs/manual/advanced/search/).
 
 It is possible to choose a subset for tasks in the project. You can use the available options
 (`Train`, `Test`, `Validation`) or set your own.
-
-You can remove the project and all related tasks through the Action menu.
-
-### Export project
-
-It is possible to download an entire project instead of exporting individual tasks. In this case,
-annotations for all tasks in a project will be available in a single archive.
-To export a project, do the following on the `Project` page:
-- Open the `Actions` menu.
-- Press the `Export project dataset` button.
-
-Additional information about exporting tasks can be found in the
-[Downloading annotations](/docs/manual/advanced/downloading-annotations/) section.

site/content/en/docs/manual/basics/tasks-page.md

@@ -12,15 +12,16 @@ Each element contains: task name, preview, progress bar, button `Open`, and menu
 Each button is responsible for a in menu `Actions` specific function:
 
 - `Export task dataset` — download annotations or annotations and images in a specific format.
-  More information is available in the [Downloading annotations](/docs/manual/advanced/downloading-annotations/)
+  More information is available in the [export/import datasets](/docs/manual/advanced/export-import-datasets/)
+  section.
+- `Upload annotation` upload annotations in a specific format.
+  More information is available in the [export/import datasets](/docs/manual/advanced/export-import-datasets/)
   section.
-- `Upload annotation` is available in the same formats as in `Export task dataset`. The
-  [CVAT](/docs/manual/advanced/xml_format/) format accepts both video and image sub-formats.
 - `Automatic Annotation` — automatic annotation with OpenVINO toolkit.
-  Presence depends on how you build CVAT instance.
-- `Export task` — Export a task into a zip archive.
-  Read more in the [export/import a task](/docs/manual/advanced/export-import/) section.
-- `Move to project` — Moving the task to the project (can be used to move a task from one project to another).
+  Presence depends on how you build the CVAT instance.
+- `Backup task` — make a backup of this task into a zip archive.
+  Read more in the [backup](/docs/manual/advanced/backup/) section.
+- `Move to project` — Moving a task to a project (can be used to move a task from one project to another).
   Note that attributes reset during the moving process. In case of label mismatch,
   you can create or delete necessary labels in the project/task.
   Some task labels can be matched with the target project labels.