# Time Series: Total Data Backup to S3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** time-series\ **Created:** [March 4, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/time-series-total-data-backup-to-s3/2692 "2020-03-04T16:29:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cole\_Hunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5e9695/32.png) [@Cole\_Hunter](https://forums.losant.com/u/Cole_Hunter)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/time-series-total-data-backup-to-s3/2692/1 "2020-03-04T16:29:33Z")
Hi, I am trying to backup all of our device time-series data to an S3 bucket using workflows. I have two questions regarding help needed. If this isn’t possible given the current platform, please let me know. 1. In the time-series node, in the “CONFIGURATION” section I see you can select an attribute, but is there a way to get more than one attribute (all of them)? 2. I read through the template documentation, but still couldn’t figure it out. What is the best way to write a payload, with many sub-attributes (e.g. data.result has many keys under it, then many keys under those) , out to a file? I know I can literally walk through each template form, but there are many of them. Is there a simpler way to do this? ---
**Author:** ![Brandon\_Cannaday](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/brandon_cannaday/32/14_2.png) [@Brandon\_Cannaday](https://forums.losant.com/u/Brandon_Cannaday)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/time-series-total-data-backup-to-s3/2692/2 "2020-03-04T16:42:07Z")
Losant has built-in support to backup all device data to an S3 bucket using [Application Archiving](https://docs.losant.com/applications/archiving/). Would that work? ---
**Author:** ![Cole\_Hunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5e9695/32.png) [@Cole\_Hunter](https://forums.losant.com/u/Cole_Hunter)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/time-series-total-data-backup-to-s3/2692/4 "2020-03-04T18:07:34Z")
Yea, I can give it a try. Can you help me understand the Bucket Template field? Also, I am able to connect to my S3 bucket in workflows, but I am failing connection when using the Data Archive functionality. ---
**Author:** ![Brandon\_Cannaday](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/brandon_cannaday/32/14_2.png) [@Brandon\_Cannaday](https://forums.losant.com/u/Brandon_Cannaday)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/time-series-total-data-backup-to-s3/2692/5 "2020-03-04T18:11:31Z")
The `Bucket Template` field is the name of your S3 Bucket. So in the screenshot below, the bucket name is “btc-losant”. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/getstructure/original/2X/8/82721d722f27b3d469ffeb193cb80b099a9e939a.png) ---
**Author:** ![Cole\_Hunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5e9695/32.png) [@Cole\_Hunter](https://forums.losant.com/u/Cole_Hunter)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/time-series-total-data-backup-to-s3/2692/6 "2020-03-04T19:13:13Z")
Yea, it’s still not working, which is odd. I am using the same parameters from my workflow (which writes to the bucket) in the archive template fields (even tried using application globals). Still does not work. ---
**Author:** ![Cole\_Hunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5e9695/32.png) [@Cole\_Hunter](https://forums.losant.com/u/Cole_Hunter)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/time-series-total-data-backup-to-s3/2692/7 "2020-03-04T19:41:37Z")
Checking to see if it’s a permissions issue, as I now know that the Data Archive and Workflow S3-Put require different S3 permissions. Will reply to this thread.