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Import and Export Objects

You can import and export projects and objects in a project. You can also import and export application archive files in a repository.
When you export an object, the Developer tool also exports the dependent objects. A dependent object is an object that is used by another object. For example, a physical data object used as a mapping input is a dependent object of that mapping. When you import an object, the Developer tool imports all the dependent objects.
When you export or import objects in a project or folder, the Model Repository Service preserves the object hierarchy.
The following table lists objects and dependent objects that you can export:
Object
Dependency
Application
  • - SQL data services, mappings, or workflows and their dependent objects
Project
  • - Projects contain other objects, but they do not have dependent objects
Folder
  • - Folders contain other objects, but they do not have dependent objects
Reference table
  • - Reference tables do not have dependent objects
Content set
  • - Content sets do not have dependent objects
Physical data object (except for customized data object)
  • - Physical data objects do not have dependent objects
Customized data object
  • - Physical data objects
Logical data object model
  • - Logical data objects
  • - Physical data objects
  • - Reusable transformations and their dependent objects
  • - Mapplets and their dependent objects
Transformation
  • - Physical data objects
  • - Reference tables
  • - Content sets
Mapplet
  • - Logical data objects
  • - Physical data objects
  • - Reusable transformations and their dependent objects
  • - Mapplets and their dependent objects
Mapping
  • - Logical data objects
  • - Physical data objects
  • - Reusable transformations and their dependent objects
  • - Mapplets and their dependent objects
SQL data service
  • - Logical data objects
  • - Physical data objects
  • - Reusable transformations and their dependent objects
  • - Mapplets and their dependent objects
Profile
  • - Logical data objects
  • - Physical data objects
Scorecard
  • - Profiles and their dependent objects
Web service
  • - Operation mappings
Workflow
  • - Mappings and their dependent objects