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alias: user-guide-automation-manager-download
tags:
- connect iot
description: "Initiate a download of an existing Automation Manager package for deployment"
---

# Download Automation Manager

:lock: AutomationManager.**DownloadPackage**

## Overview

This operation is used to download an existing **Automation Manager** package.  

## Setup

No specific setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* The **Automation Manager** exists in the system.
* At least one **User** set as Integration User must exist in the system.
* The **Automation Manager** has the Deployment Mode set as Manual.

## Sequence of Steps

1. Accessing the Download Automation Manager can be done by selecting the **Download** button on the top ribbon. A dialog will open with information vital to the Download process.
1. The user can optionally select if the authentication will be done by the current user or with another user by selecting that same user in the search box.
1. Select **Download** to complete the transaction and a compressed file with the same name of the **Automation Manager** will be generated and downloaded.

![download_automation_manager][download_automation_manager]

[download_automation_manager]: images/download_automation_manager.png