The -system parameter in the runppmconfig command line program enables almost the entire configuration (except report automation) of a client to be extracted and saved to XML files. This creates the file InitSystem_settings.properties, which contains the names of the configuration files with path information. To initialize a PPM database, copy the file InitSystem_settings.properties to the configuration directory for the relevant client and then execute the runinitdb command.
Example
Execution of the command line
runppmconfig -user system -password manager -mode export -system <installation directory>\ppmmashzone\server\bin\work\data_ppm\config\default\xml
extracts the configuration of the default client and saves it under <installation directory>\ppmmashzone\server\bin\work\data_ppm\config\default\xml in these XML files:
default_abcanalysis.xml
default_attributenames_de.xml
default_attributenames_en.xml
default_attributenames_fr.xml
default_attributetypes.xml
default_copyattributerules.xml
default_datatypes.xml
default_dimgroup.xml
default_epctemplate.xml
default_factorycalendar.xml
default_favorites.xml
default_keyindicator.xml
default_keyrules.xml
default_kidepend.xml
default_kigroup.xml
default_merger.xml
default_mysaptransactions.xml
default_onlinekis.xml
default_orgunits.xml
default_processtree.xml
default_ranking.xml
default_realm_REALMNAME.xml (optional, a file for each existing analysis realm)
default_targetvalues.xml
default_topflop.xml
default_transformationfactors.xml
default_users.xml
InitSystem_settings.properties