Open a New or Existing Configuration File
- Last UpdatedJan 13, 2026
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In the File menu select New to create a new configuration, or select Open to open an existing configuration file.

There are two options for new configuration files.
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An Empty Configuration file will provide some simple default settings but will contain no rules for building and comparing objects.
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A Default Configuration will provide a copy of the configuration file containing a complete set of example rules that can be used out of the box but are available for customization.
To open an existing configuration file select the ProjectConfiguration.xml file in the Open File dialog. By default this dialog will open in the appropriate folder, defined as the ModelManagement folder under the folder indicated by the project defaults environment variable, for example, for the Sample project:
%samdflts%\ModelManagement\ProjectConfiguration.xml
For general users Integrator always uses this folder and file combination to read its configuration settings. As a Free user or a member of team CUADMIN, you can open another file, in the Configuration Explorer, and Integrator will use that file for your subsequent testing, but you must save those settings to the default file name and location in order to make them available to General users on the project.
Note: If you have moved away from the default folder, use the project defaults environment variable to get quickly to the appropriate folder. For example, in the Open File dialog, for the Sample project, enter %samdflts%\ModelManagement in the Filename field and then press Enter.