When you run a import on the InfoSphere® Metadata Asset Manager command
line, you create a parameters file to contain the import parameters
for the bridge or connector that you use.
Before you begin
Before
you can save a parameters file for use on the command line, you must
create or have access to an import area in InfoSphere Metadata Asset Manager.
To save the parameters file, you must have the role of Common Metadata
Administrator or you must be the Common Metadata Importer who created
the import area.
About this task
When you run an import in InfoSphere Metadata Asset Manager the
parameter values that you specify in the import wizard are saved internally.
To
run an import on the command line, you create a parameters file that
contains the saved parameter values of the staged import. You specify
the parameters file on the command line and import the metadata into
a new import area by using the command line. The parameter information
is specific to the bridge or connector that you used for the original
import.
You can edit the parameters file to change or add values.
For
security reasons, password values that you entered in the import wizard
are not saved. You must enter them manually in the import parameters
file.You can encrypt any value by using the Encrypt command.
Procedure
- Open an import area and select the Staged Imports tab.
- Select the staged import whose parameters you want to save
and click .
- Download the parameters file and open it in a text editor.
- Password values are not automatically saved to the parameters
file. Add any necessary password values between the <value> and </value> tags
for password parameters.
- For connector imports, you can specify data connection
credentials either in the parameters file or on the command line,
but not in both places. If you specify data connection credentials
on the command line, delete the automatically generated value of the
data connection user name from the parameters file.
- Optional: As necessary, change any other parameter
values that are within the value tags.
Note: The
parameter names in the file not always the same as the parameter menu
choices that are displayed in the user interface. If you are not sure
of the value to specify in the file, run the import again as a managed
import. Choose the correct value in the interface, and save the parameters
file.
- If you want to import a file on your local computer, take
one of the following actions:
| Option |
Description |
|---|
| If the original import specified a local file |
Specify the local file path as a command-line option. Do not
specify the path in the parameters file. |
| If the original import specified a file on the metadata
interchange server |
- Delete the value for the File parameter in the
parameters file, by deleting the content between the <value> and </value> tags.
- Specify the local file path as a command-line option. Do not specify
the path in the parameters file.
|
- When you are ready to run a command-line import, specify
the parameters file on the command line and use the import option
with the action parameter of the imam command.
For information about command-line syntax for the import option,
see import option for the imam command.
Results
When the import runs, a new import area is created. The
imported metadata is displayed in the import area.
Command-line
imports are run as express imports. Depending on your Administration
tab settings, the import might be directly shared to the metadata
repository or you might be required to preview the import.