Administrators can create content packages to export views,
artifact elements, queries, product configuration groupings, and enumerations.
Content packages can be deployed on any Rational® Engineering Lifecycle Manager project
where needed.
Each type of content is exported as a .zip file.
The packages for views, queries, and product configuration groupings
contain a text file that describes the content type and the time of
export, and XML files for each object that is exported. The packages
for artifact elements and enumerations contain a text file that describes
the content type and the time of export, and a .TTL file
for each object that is exported.
The .zip packages can be combined into content
packages if multiple content types need to be deployed to a project.
A content package can be deployed by following the instructions in Deploying a content package.
Exporting views
- On the Views page, select the views that
you want to export.
- Click the Export icon:

- The selected views are saved to a .zip file
that follows a naming convention of the number of files in the package,
the content type, and then an ISO 8601 time stamp. For example, the
package that is created on April 23 2014 is called: 2_views_2014-04-23T18_56_32Z.zip
Exporting artifact elements
- Go to , and select the artifact elements
that you want to export.
- Click the Export icon:

- The selected artifact elements are saved to a .zip file
that follows a naming convention of the number of files in the package,
the content type, and then an ISO 8601 time stamp. For example, the
package that is created on April 23 2014 is called: 3_artifact_elements_2014-04-23T21_42_07Z.zip
Exporting queries
- On the Queries page, select the queries
that you want to export.
- Select the queries that you want to export.
- Click the Export icon:

- The selected queries are saved to a .zip file
that follows a naming convention of the number of files in the package,
the content type, and then an ISO 8601 time stamp. For example, the
package that is created on April 23 2014 is called: 3_queries_2013-04-23T19_07_35Z.zip
Exporting product configuration groupings
- Open the page, and select
the product configuration groupings that you want to export.
- Click the Export icon:

- The selected product configuration groupings are saved to a .zip file
that follows a naming convention of the number of files in the package,
the content type, and then an ISO 8601 time stamp. For example, the
package that is created on April 23 2014 is called: 2_configuration_groupings_2014-04-23T19_20_56Z.zip
Exporting enumerations
- Open the Enumeration Manager dialog box
to export enumerations from the Queries edit
window, and from the Views, Add
Parameter, or Edit Parameter window.
- In the My Queries or Shared
Queries window:
- Select a query that contains an enumeration.
- Click the pencil icon to edit the query.
- In the Parameters section, select Enumeration from
the Type list.
- Select More under any enumeration parameter
to start the Enumeration Manager.
- In the My Views or Shared Views screen:
- Select a view that contains an enumeration.
- Click the pencil icon to edit the view.
- On the Properties accordion tab, in the Parameter section,
click the pencil icon under Actions to edit
the parameter that contains the enumeration you want to export.
- In the Edit Parameter window, select Enumeration from
the Type list.
- Select More in the Enumeration list.
Version 4.0.4 and earlier
Open
the Enumeration Manager dialog box to export
enumerations from the Queries edit screen.
Select a query that contains an enumeration, click the pencil icon
to edit it, and start the Enumeration Manager from
the Parameters section by selecting More under
any enumeration parameter.
- Click the Export icon:
- In the Export Enumerations dialog box,
select the enumerations that you want to export, and click Export.
- The selected enumerations are saved to a .zip file
that follows a naming convention of the number of files in the package,
the content type, and then an ISO 8601 time stamp. For example, the
package that is created on April 23 2014 is called: 4_enumerations_2014-04-23T15_45_03Z.zip