Common arguments

-version

The version of the PPM software and the database schema are output on the console. Other arguments are ignored.

-user <user name> -password <password>

Enter the user name and the password of the PPM user. The specified user must have appropriate authorization for the action.

Function privilege

Command line program

Description

Data import

runxmlimport, runprocessimport
and other source system adapters

Import process instance fragments

Data calculation

runppmimport and runprocessimport

Calculation of process instances

Configuration import

runppmconfig runinitdb

Import XML configuration files

Process instance aggregation

runppmcompress

Aggregate process instances

The function privileges are managed in the Users administration component of the front-end. The system user (system) has all function privileges.

If you want the password to be hidden, enter only the argument -user with the relevant user name in the command line. The password is then queried interactively.

-client <name>

This is where you enter the PPM client whose database schema is used by the relevant command line program. If you do not enter anything here, the default client is used.

-language <ISO code>

Use this option to specify the log output language. Valid values are en for English, de for German, and fr for French.

-protocolfile <file name>

This option writes the log output to the specified file. Only critical error messages resulting in program abortion will be output in the console.

-information {yes|no|default}, -warning {yes|no|default}, -error {yes|no|default}

These parameters control the output of messages. The command line options are described in detail in the chapter on Command line programs.