Where your data lives.

This is the best thing about the way ArboraX is built, and the thing most worth understanding. Because your work is stored on your own device rather than in an account, it is private by default — and it is also yours to look after. This page sets out exactly where your data is kept, what can remove it, and how to keep a copy you can always fall back on.

What each tool keeps

Every tool writes to your browser’s local storage on the device you are using. None of it is copied to an ArboraX server, so none of it is ours to read, to lose, or to hand over.

• Funnel OS
  Boards, nodes, and the connections between themOn your device
• Task Manager
  Tasks and lists across Daily and Operator modesOn your device
• Notes
  Every note and the structure you file it underOn your device
• Calculator
  Saved scenarios and the inputs behind themOn your device
• Growth Simulator
  Projections and the assumptions they rest onOn your device
• Growth Calendar
  Plans, cadence, and completed actionsOn your device

What can remove it

Local storage is durable, not permanent. Four things clear it — and it is far better to know them now than to discover them on a Monday morning.

Keep a copy

An export is your backup, and it is the same file you use to move work between devices. It takes about a minute.

1. Export from the tool. Open the tool and use its export action, usually near the top-level menu. Do this for each tool holding work you would not want to rebuild from memory.
2. Put the file somewhere that is not the browser. A cloud drive, an email to yourself, a USB stick. Anywhere that survives the browser being cleared is a real backup.
3. Import when you need it. Open the same tool on any device and use its import action. Your work reappears exactly as you left it.

“My data is gone”

Almost always one of these, in roughly this order. Work down the list before assuming the worst.

• Check you are on the same browser and device. This is the answer most of the time. Work created on your laptop in Chrome lives there and nowhere else.
• Check you are not in a private window. If the tab is incognito, work from your last private session is already gone — and anything you do now will go the same way when you close it.
• Think back to any clearing. A browser clear-out, a cleaner extension, or a phone storage sweep in the last few days will have taken site storage with it.
• Restore from an export. If you have a file, import it and you are back where you left off. If you do not, this is the moment to start keeping one.
• Rule out an outage last, not first. Because the tools store data locally, an outage cannot delete your work — but you can confirm every service is running on System Status.