Exporting Entities
The following tasks explain how to export entities.
Exporting an Entity or Set of Entities as a JAR File
To export an entity or a set of entities from FlexNet Operations as a JAR file, perform the following steps.
To export an entity or set of entities from FlexNet Operations as JAR file
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On the landing page for the entity, do one of the following: |
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To export selected entities, select one or more entities, then click Export > Selected Items or Selected Items With Their Dependencies. |
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To export all entities in the list, click Export > All Items or All Items With Their Dependencies. |
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The selected entities are exported to a jar file. If you chose to include dependencies, the dependencies are included. |
Exporting the Entire FlexNet Operations Database
To export the entire FlexNet Operations database, perform the following steps.
To export the entire FlexNet Operations database
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Click Administer > Export Data Objects. |
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On the Export Business Objects page, click Export. |
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Click Yes to confirm export. |
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All exportable business objects in FlexNet Operations are exported to a .jar file. Your job is assigned a request number, and an alert is sent when processing is completed. You can check the job status on the Status page. See Import/Export Job Status for more information. |
Exporting a Set of Entities as a Data Import Template File
To export the a set of entities as a Data Import Template file, perform the following steps.
To export a set of entities from FlexNet Operations as Data Import Template file
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On the landing page for the entity, click Export > Data Import Template. |
Note:For Users and Accounts, click Export > Data Import Template from any tab. All user or all account data is exported into the template file. For Download Packages and Files, go to the Products > Search Download Packages or Search Files page and click the Search button to access the Search Results page, then click Export > Data Import Template. All Download Packages or all Files are downloaded into the template file, regardless of the filtering on the search page.
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A message similar to the following appears: |
Request 3137 to export all Products as data import template successfully submitted. An alert will be sent after the request is processed.
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Go to Administer > Import/Export Status. |
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When the request has completed, select the check box next to its Job ID and click the Download exported file button. The selected entities are exported to a Data Import Template (.xlt) file. Data for all the tabs in the template are included in the downloaded file. |
Note:The Products download does not include the Create/Update Product line tab data available in the blank Data Import Template. Save each tab of the downloaded .xlt file as a separate Unicode text file for uploading to another instance of FlexNet Operations. The Create-Update Features data is included as a separate tab in the PackageProducts.xlt export as well as a standalone tab in the FeatureExport.xlt export.
See Also
Importing and Exporting Entities Overview
System Configuration
Importing Entities
Using Data Import Templates
Import/Export Job Status