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Exporting Data from Centrasite
CentraSite enables you to export data from the Registry and Repository to the file system of your computer. You can use the exported data, for example, to Importing Data into CentraSite them to the same or a different CentraSite registry and repository at a later stage.
You can invoke an export for one or more Assets and Registry Objects. Depending on the object's type, different data are exported from the registry and/or repository (see the table below). The data you export are collected in a ZIP archive which is stored in the file system location you specify.
The following data are exported depending on the selected registry objects:
Object
Exported Data
Object of any type
Exports the XML representation of the registry object and all objects related to it, including the object's type definition, events, external links, outgoing associations and classifications. Repository folders and files related to the object and addressed by external links are also included.
Organization
Exports the XML representation of the organization and all its child organizations. The export does not include the parent organization and the reference to it. If the exported data is to be imported later, the parent organization and the reference to it must be created after the import operation.
Service
Exports the XML representation of the service, the service bindings and the specification links. Any file related to the service, e.g. a WSDL file, is automatically included in the export operation.
Object type (category)
Exports the schema file (XSD) and icon file of the object type from the repository as well as the XML representation of the corresponding external links from the registry. You can optionally include all registry objects of the type.
Taxonomy
Exports the XML representation of the taxonomy and all its categories. You can optionally include all registry objects that are classified by the taxonomy and/or its categories.
Category
Exports the XML representation of the category and all its subcategories. You can optionally include all registry objects that are classified by the category and its subcategories.
Note:
The organization to which a registry object belongs and the user who is the owner of the object are not exported. The Owner property is set to unknown. When you import an object, the importing user becomes the owner of the imported object and the imported object is assigned to the organization to which the importing user belongs.
*To export objects from CentraSite
1. In a Views, select the registry objects you want to export.
2. Select Export from the context menu.
3. In the dialog displayed, specify the export options.
Option
Description
Include instances for selected categories or types
Includes instances of the selected type.
Delete after export
Deletes the selected object after export. However, you cannot delete an object if additional references to it exist in the registry.
Minimize audit trail
Minimizes the number of auditable events that can be exported. If only one auditable event of the specific type exists, then only this auditable event is exported. If two or more auditable events of the type exist, then the chronologically first and last auditable events are exported.
4. Click OK to start the export.
5. In the dialog displayed, specify the location in the file system to which you want to export the data and a name for the ZIP archive.
6. Click Save to create the ZIP archive at the specified location.
The data are collected in the ZIP archive and exported. A log of the export operation is displayed in the Contents View:
The log provides the following information:
*For each file generated and added to the archive, one line is displayed in the view.
*The Status column shows if the processing was successful (OK), or whether errors or warnings occurred. A corresponding message is displayed in the Message column.
*On top of the table, the number of successful steps, warnings and errors is displayed.
Related Topics
Importing Data into CentraSite