Managing a migration template

Creating a template

To create a template, right-click the Templates entry in the Navigator section and select New | Template from the pop-up menu. The Template Assistant guides you through the necessary steps to a fully configured migration template.

Modifying a template

Double-click the template name in the Navigator section or select Open from the pop-up menu. The Template Assistant guides you through the necessary steps to a fully configured migration template.

Copying a template

Select Copy from the pop-up menu and enter a name for the new template. The Copy command also allows you to copy a template into a different repository.

Deleting a template

Select Delete from the pop-up menu to remove a template from the repository.

NoteDeleting a template does not affect jobs and projects that are based on that template.

Renaming a template

Select Rename from the pop-up menu and enter a new name for the template.

Building a job from a template

To create a migration job and all related projects based on a stored template, select the Build command. To enforce unique names, a creation timestamp is added to all object names.

NoteYou can modify the generated jobs and projects before execution like any other object you created manually.

Creating a data model from a template

To set up the destination data model according to the data model options stored with the template, select Create Data Model from the pop-up menu.