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Export Reference Data
When you have a complete project set up, with fully defined project data, it is possible to capture either selected categories or all categories of that data, and export it to an XML file. You can then review the data, and import it to another project or tool so that you do not have to define it all again. The exported data includes all instances of the selected data type in the project; for example, all defined cardinality values, or all RTF Style Templates.
Access Project | Model Import/Export | Export Reference Data
Select and Export Reference Data
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Select the Export Reference Data menu option. The Export Reference Data dialog displays.
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From the Name list, select the data type tables to export. You can select one or more tables to be exported to a single XML file, by pressing ( Ctrl ) or ( Shift ) as you click on the data type table names. |
Automation Scripts (JavaScript, JScript and VBScript) CSV Specifications Diagram Matrix Profiles (Model Profiles) Estimation - Environment Complexity Factor Values Estimation - Technical Complexity Factor Values General Types - Defaults (the defined default value for each General Types data type; for example, as set on the Difficulty tab) Macro List (Preprocessor macros) Maintenance Types (Problem Types plus Test Types) Model Data Types - Code and DDL Property Types (Tagged Value Types) Standard Complexity Types (a Predefined Reference Data Tagged Value Type) Status Colors (colors defined for status types) Status Types - Application (elements to which status can be applied) Stereotypes (as listed on the Stereotypes page of the UML Types dialog) Templates - HTML Style (the web templates listed in the Resources window) Templates - HTML Style Detail (the content of the HTML report templates) Templates - RTF Document (the Extended RTF Style templates in the Resources window) Templates - RTF Style (the Legacy RTF Style templates in the Resources window) Templates - RTF Style Detail (the content of the Legacy RTF Style templates) Templates - RTF Tag and Language Options (RTF word substitution templates)
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Click on the Export button.
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When prompted to do so, enter a valid file name with a .XML extension.
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Click on the Save and OK buttons. This exports the data to the file; you can use any text or XML viewer to examine the file.
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Notes
| • | If there are no instances of a selected data type in the project, the export does not generate any output for that data type in the XML file |
| • | Entries for code language templates and/or transformation templates are included in the Name list when templates for a particular language or transformation exist in the model |
| • | Currently, Standard Complexity Types cannot be directly edited and are therefore effectively standard for all models; they can be listed using the Predefined Reference Data Tagged Value type ComplexityTypes |
