How to copy form design from one instance to another?

[Nowlearner]

I have designed the incident form in one instance which looks good and i want it to export the same form view to the other instance, how can i do this? Any ideas?

[Nowlearner]

I know the way how to do this via update sets. Does anybody know how to copy the form view from one instance to another other than update sets

[Prateek kumar · Accepted solution]

We can try something like this

1. Navigate to sys_update_xml.LIST from the filter navigator.

2.Locate your record(in your case form layout), open it and from the related links click show related record and export the XML

3. From filter navigator, navigate to System UI> Form Sections

4. right click on the column header and click on Import XML

[Prateek kumar]

If you want to import the already exported XML of update set, you need to do this from retrieved update sets module.

Retrieve an Update Set

Load a customization from a single XML file

[Shishir Srivast]

yes, when you do the export it will export the incident data, not the form design. When you create a table at that time form view gets generated and you   just need to design the form by arranging the field on the form.

I think the only way to take the form design from one instance to another is update set.

[Nowlearner]

Yeah i am trying to export form design through other way other than update set option. Thanks for understanding my exact question.