You can import instances from a file which was exported
with the export function of the Design Explorer view
or output by the Pacbase batch
migration procedures. These instances will populate the selected location
of the Design Explorer view.
Procedure
You can import instances by: - Using the import wizard. In the Design Explorer view,
right-click a location line, an entity line or an instance line and
select Import. A two-page import wizard opens
up:
- On the first page, you specify the import file, and the location
and projects into which the instances are to be imported. (If the
location does not exist, it will be created upon the import). Click Finish if
all the instances contained in the file are to be imported. Otherwise,
click Next to access the second page of the
wizard.
- On the second page, you specify the instances to be imported,
and whether they are to overwrite identically-named instances, if
any, in the target location. Then click Finish.
- Or entering an import batch command line from
a command prompt.
Results
The selected instances are then imported into the location
you have specified. They are also physically distributed into a specified
project or into a structure of projects.
A .xml technical file is
created at the end of the import. This file is required if you want
to import later updates from the journal. It gathers information not
included in the new model of RPPz, and the list of the entities previously
imported.
Note: There is another way of importing
instances, based on the use of Rational Team Concert. It consists
in loading, into your local workspace, the contents of a Rational
Team Concert repository workspace which contains Pacbase instances. You must
refer to the Rational Team Concert documentation.