Importing files from other tools as baselines

Use the Browse Products page to import files from other tools into Rational® Engineering Lifecycle Manager.

Administrators can import files by using the Settings page.

Before you begin

Procedure

  1. In the product tree, click the Import Products icon (third from last in icon bar).
  2. In the Import File dialog box, browse to the file to be imported. Select an appropriate file format, if the default selection does not match your file format.

    The hierarchy is imported as a baseline configuration. The baseline configuration determines the versions of all the child products. In other words, say that you are importing an XML file that was exported from another Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager installation. That XML file contained configurations and products with dimension and value pairs set. Both installations share a Configuration Management application. In this case, the imported baseline configuration also contains dimension and value pairs set.

    To view the imported files in the product tree, change the Browse Products list to Recently Imported Baselines.

  3. Right-click the baseline that you just imported and select Create a Modifiable Copy. Change the product configuration name, if appropriate.

    You can add the configuration to another configuration or product. If you add to a configuration that does not have dimension and value pairs set, the new configuration is visible and usable.

    If you add to a configuration with dimension and value pairs set, and the pairs do not match those set in the new configuration, the products have empty slots, which are not usable. You can change the dimension and value pairs for products in the Manage Dimensions dialog box. (Products > Manage Dimensions)

    If the new configuration requires dimensions and values set because the configuration or product its being added to has dimensions and values set, be sure that they match. See Creating a product configuration.

  4. Change the Browse Products list to Favorite Product Configurations.

    A modifiable configuration is displayed in the product tree.

Example

This image shows the imported Touchpad product configuration and child product. After the import, a user created a modifiable copy of Touchpad, and then added it as a member of Handheld Reader.

If Handheld Reader had dimensions and values set, those dimensions and values would take precedence over any set in the Automated Meter Reader product configuration. The dimensions and values set on a configuration determine the versions of all of its immediate products and configurations. In the example below, any dimensions and values set on Automated Meter Reader determine the versions of AMR Server and Handheld Reader, but not the child products and configurations below them.

Image of imported product configuration called "Touchpad" that resides under "Handheld Reader," which is a child product of the "Automated Meter Reader" product configuration.


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