Exporting and Importing Rules


Overview

Tasks

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Tivoli Change Management administration

Overview

Exporting and importing rules

In Tivoli Change Management, you can export rules from the database to a file, then import them back into the database later. Importing and exporting is useful when you are moving data from test to live systems.

When you export data, Tivoli Change Management creates a sectioned CSV (comma separated value) file. That is, the file contains sections of data, with each section defined by a header block. Each section contains a different number of comma separated values.

The following data is not imported:

  • Organization
  • Category

The following Tivoli Change Management records are imported without User, Group, or Organization IDs:

  • Action
  • Approval
  • Notification

Note: You must use the same version of Tivoli Change Management to export and import rules successfully.


Tasks

Exporting rules

You can export rule data from Tivoli Change Management. Later, you can import the rule data back into the database.

To export rules:

  1. From the Utilities menu, choose Export.
    Result: The Export dialog box appears.
  2. Under Type, select Rules.
  3. Under Category, select:
    • All to export rules of all change categories. Go to step 5.
    • Single to export rules from a selected category.
      If you choose Single, the Category box becomes available.
  4. If you chose Single, choose the Browse button next to the Category box to select a change category.
  5. In the File Name box, type the path and name of the file to use for storing the exported rules, or choose Browse to select the directory and file name.
  6. If you do not want to use the default log file, type the path and name of the file to use for logging the exported rules in the Log File Name box.
  7. Choose OK.
    Result: The rules are exported.

Importing rules

You can import rule information to Tivoli Change Management.

To import rule data that you previously exported from Tivoli Change Management:

  1. From the Utilities menu, choose Import.
    Result: The Import dialog box appears.
  2. Under Type, select Rules.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • In the File Name box, type the path and name of the file containing the exported rules.
    • Choose Browse to select the directory and file name.
  4. If you do not want to use the default log file, type the path and name of the file to use for logging the imported rules in the Log File Name box.
  5. Choose OK.
    Result: The rules are imported.