Copying relationship and participant definitions

Relationship Designer Express allows you to copy the following:

Copying relationship definitions in the current project

To create a new relationship definition that is similar to an existing one, you can copy the existing definition and modify it to suit your needs. You can also copy a participant definition from a relationship definition and paste it into the same relationship definition or into another one.

To copy a relationship definition, perform the following steps:

  1. Select the relationship definition you want to copy (for example, CustToClient) and select Save Relationship Definition from the File menu.
  2. Select the relationship definition you want to copy and select Copy from the Edit menu.
  3. Select the Project name (root tree node) and select Paste from the Edit menu.

    Result: Relationship Designer Express creates a new relationship definition with a name of Copy of CustToClient. The definition name appears in edit mode.

  4. Enter a new name for the relationship definition, then press Enter.
  5. To save the new definition to the repository, select Save Relationship Definition from the File menu (or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+S).
Tip:
To copy a relationship definition from one InterChange Server Express to another, use the repos_copy command. The repos_copy command copies objects into and out of the InterChange Server Express repository. For more information on using repos_copy, see the User Guide for WebSphere Business Integration Express and Express Plus for Item Synchronization.

Copying participant definitions in the current project

To copy a participant definition:

  1. Select the relationship definition to which the participant definition you want to copy belongs and select Save Relationship Definition from the File menu.
  2. Select the participant definition you wish to copy and select Copy from the Edit menu.
  3. Select the relationship definition to which you want to copy the participant definition and select Paste from the Edit menu.

    Result: Relationship Designer Express creates a new participant definition with a name of Copy. The definition name appears in edit mode.

  4. Enter a new name for the participant definition, and then press Enter.

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