Exporting objects from Web Studio

You can export catalogs, applications, page groups, pages, and agents to an archive file (with an XML format and extension) on the Web Studio’s server. That archive file and its contents can be imported into a different Web Studio installation.

When you export portal entities to an archive file, child objects of those entities are also exported. For example, when you export page groups, the pages, portlets, and templates with which the portlets are associated are also exported.

Exporting portal objects to an XML file

Log in to the Web Studio as a user associated with a role—StudioAdmin, PortalAdmin—that has permission to perform all operations. See the Enterprise Security Administration Guide for more information about roles.

Select Build | Portlets from the Web Studio left pane.

Click Deploy on the Portlet Manager toolbar.

When the Web Studio–Deploy window displays, click the Export tab.

Complete these fields:

Export To Include – select or deselect the entities you want to export: Catalogs, Applications, Page Groups, Pages, and Agents.

You can export all or any combination of entities. When you select an entity, all other entities referred to by the selected entity are also exported. For example, if you select only page group, all pages, portlets, and templates referred to by the page group are included. If you select all entities, the export includes each unique entity once. That is, if a portlet is referenced by both the catalog and five pages, the portlet appears only once in the export XML document.

In EP versions earlier than 6.0, only the active catalog could be exported. With EP 6.0 and later, more than one catalog can be exported at a time because agents can refer to catalogs that are inactive or not in an approved state.
File Name – the name you want the XML file to have; for example:
```
export.xml
```

Click Export. The file is saved with the name you entered in the default Web Studio location that is specified in the global.properties.xml configuration file.

When a prompt advises you that the export operation succeeded, click OK.

Click View Log to review the export operation activities.

Click the Download button to the right of the File Name field to download the file from the Web Studio server to your local hard drive.

When the File Download dialog box displays, select Save.

When the Save As window appears, navigate to the location where you want to save the file, then enter a new file name—for example, export.xml—and click Save.

Click Close to exit the Web Studio–Deploy window and return to the Portlet Manager.

Go to the location where the file was saved and send the file to another Web Studio installation via an e-mail message or import the file into a different Web Studio installation.