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
- The data files to be imported must be in one of the following
serialization formats: RDF/XML, N-TRIPLE, Turtle, N-3, or JSON
Procedure
- In the product tree, click the Import Products icon
(third from last in icon bar).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
