Importing or exporting charts and chart customizations

You can import or export charts and chart customizations at the command line.

1. On the command-line interface, change to the tip_home_dir/profiles/TIPProfile/bin/ directory.
2. Run the following command to export chart data:
   tipcli.bat|.sh ChartExport --dir output_directory --type all|customcharts|page [--pageID page_ID | --pageName page_name] --username tip_username --password tip_user_password

   Export command options

   Use the Export command to create the specified directory (dir) and export the chart data to that directory.

   Table 1. ChartExport command arguments

   Parameter and arguments	Description
   --dir output_directory	Mandatory parameter. The directory where the exported data is saved. If the directory does not exist, it is created.
   --type all|customcharts|page	Mandatory parameter. If you set the --type to all, then all charts are exported. If you set it to customcharts, then only customized charts are exported. If you set it to page, then you can use either the --pageID or the --pageName parameter to specify the page for which you want to export chart data.
   [--pageID page_ID | --pageName page_name]	Optional parameter. If you set the --type parameter to page, then you can use either the --pageID or the --pageName parameter to specify the page for which you want to export chart data.
   --username tip_username	Mandatory parameter. The user name for a user with either the chartAdministrator or chartCreator role.
   --password tip_user_password	Mandatory parameter. The password for the specified user name.

3. Run the following command to import chart data:
   tipcli.bat|.sh ChartImport --dir source_directory --username tip_username --password tip_user_password

   Import command options

   ChartImport is used to import chart data from a specified directory.

   Table 2. ChartImport command arguments

   Parameter and arguments	Description
   --dir source_directory	Mandatory parameter. The directory where the data to imported is located. BIRT Designer file format is .rptdesign.
   --username tip_username	Mandatory parameter. The user name for a user with either the chartAdministrator or chartCreator role.
   --password tip_user_password	Mandatory parameter. The password for the specified user name.