Creating content packages

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

  1. On the Views page, select the views that you want to export.
  2. Click the Export icon: Export icon
    Screen capture showing several views that are selected and the location of the export icon
  3. 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

  1. Go to Views > Artifact Elements, and select the artifact elements that you want to export.
  2. Click the Export icon: Export icon
    Screen capture showing several product groupings that are selected and the location of the export icon
  3. 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

  1. On the Queries page, select the queries that you want to export.
  2. Select the queries that you want to export.
  3. Click the Export icon: Export icon
    Screen capture showing several queries that are selected and the location of the export icon
  4. 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

  1. Open the Products > Product Configuration Groupings page, and select the product configuration groupings that you want to export.
  2. Click the Export icon: Export icon
    Screen capture showing several product groupings that are selected and the location of the export icon
  3. 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

  1. 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:
      1. Select a query that contains an enumeration.
      2. Click the pencil icon to edit the query.
      3. In the Parameters section, select Enumeration from the Type list.
      4. Select More under any enumeration parameter to start the Enumeration Manager.
    • In the My Views or Shared Views screen:
      1. Select a view that contains an enumeration.
      2. Click the pencil icon to edit the view.
      3. 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.
      4. In the Edit Parameter window, select Enumeration from the Type list.
      5. 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.

  2. Click the Export icon: Export icon
    • For queries:
      Image showing how to start the Enumeration Manager from the query Edit window, and the location of the Export icon.
    • For views:
      Image showing how to start the Enumeration Manager from a view Edit Parameter window, and the location of the Export icon.
  3. In the Export Enumerations dialog box, select the enumerations that you want to export, and click Export.
    Image showing the Export Enumerations dialog box
  4. 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

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