Exporting
data
The following steps
describe how to export data from Data Interchange Server
client.
- Select one or more
items from a list window.
- Click
the Export button on the toolbar or select the Export To File function
from the Actions menu. The Select Export File dialog is displayed. This
is similar to most common Windows dialogs used specify the name of the
file. In this dialog, specify the name of the export file. Any existing
file name can be selected or the name of a new file can be entered.
Typically Data Interchange Services client export files have a file
extension of "eif". If an existing file is specified, it must
contain only valid data previously exported from Data Interchange
Services client. The export file can be in any directory you desire.
Click the Open button when the name of the export file has been entered
or selected.
- If
a new file is specified, the Select File Format dialog appears. Use this
dialog to identify the export format you wish to use. The recommended
format is tagged. Click the OK button to continue. This dialog does not
appear if you selected an existing export file. Data exported to an
existing export file will be exported in the format specified when the
file was created.
- Certain
types of information in Data Interchange Services client refer to other
types of information or are dependent on other information. These are
referred to as referenced types and associated types, respectively. If
the items you are exporting have referenced or associated types, a
dialog appears asking which referenced and associated types you want to
export with the selected items. Click the OK button once you have
specified any referenced or associated types to be exported with your
selected items. If the items you are exporting do not have referenced or
associated types, then no dialog appears.
- Each
item you selected is exported. Referenced and associated types are
exported with the selected items, depending on your selections. The
Execution Status window appears showing the progress of the export. The
Execution Status window can be closed at any time. You do not have to
wait until the export is completed.
Once the selected
items are exported, the export file can be used to perform the following
tasks:
- Import information
into another database
- Save information as
a backup
- Share information
with another Data Interchange Services client user
Note:
The
file created by the export process and input to the import process is
interchangeably called an export file or an import file. Though the two
terms are commonly used, they refer to the same
file.
