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@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ The two ways to get up and running with mifos platform is:
   
   Upgrading your database in this way is the recommended way as it will upgrade any *tenants* setup in the *mifosplatform-tenants* database but can be disabled by setting the *auto_update* field of the tenant to zero.
   
+#### 2.2.3 Load *mifostenant-default* schema with Sample Data (Optional)
+  Every release ships with sample data (offices, users, customers, loan products, savings products and a chart of accounts)
+  The same can be restored by running the following command
+  
+   ```
+  mysql -uroot -pmysql mifostenant-default < database/migrations/sample_data/load_sample_data.sql
+  ```
+
   
 ### 2.3 Tomcat 7 Setup