Downloading Asset
CentraSite Control offers two methods of retrieving the source files of CentraSite assets, namely exporting and downloading. The source file is the file that was imported into CentraSite in order to create the registry entry for the asset. For example, the source file for a web service asset is the service's WSDL file. The source file for an XML schema asset is its schema file. The difference between exporting and downloading is as follows:
The
export feature creates a zip file containing one or more assets from the repository, as well as all associated registry objects.
The
download feature creates a zip file containing just the source file of a single asset from the repository, without any of the associated registry objects. If the source file refers to other source files in the repository (for example, a WSDL file can reference XML schema files), the referenced files will also be included in the zip file. If the asset refers to files in the Supporting Document Library, these can optionally be included in the zip file.
If an asset was not created by an importer, but was instead created from scratch without using a source file, the download feature can still be activated. In this case, however, the downloaded zip file does not contain an asset source file but instead only contains files from the Supporting Document Library that are attached to the asset.
When downloading an asset, keep the following points in mind:
To download any given asset, you must belong to a role that has the "Manage Assets" permission for the organization in which the asset resides.
If you use the download feature to create a zip file, it contains only the files that you have permission to view. The default location to which the zip file is downloaded is
My Documents\Downloads.
The asset that you want to download must belong to an asset type for which there is an importer. The importer can be either one of the predefined importers or a user-defined importer.
This is of specific relevance to REST and XML based service assets. Beginning with version 9.7,
CentraSite supports the enhanced interface for REST services (in contrast, earlier versions of
CentraSite supported a standardized interface for REST services). Note that the standardized REST service interface that was implemented by versions of
CentraSite prior to version 9.7 is not compatible with the enhanced interface that is implemented by current version of
CentraSite. Documentation of the prior REST service interface is available to
CentraSite customers who have a current maintenance contract in
CentraSite.
If you have REST services that were created from a previous version of
CentraSite or if you are using the current version of
CentraSite Business UI, you can only view details of these services in
CentraSite. Keep in mind that you cannot download schemas from REST services using the
CentraSite user interface (not even if you belong to the
CentraSite Administrator role). You will only be able to download schemas from REST services using the
CentraSite Business UI.