Object type dependencies

You can export and import objects that are based on their dependency to other objects within the data model.

The objects that are required for any environment export depends upon what is selected for export. The base objects are specs and lookup table specs, which are the root objects that all other objects require. The dependency sequence is similar to the following:

Collaboration Area > Workflow > Catalog > Hierarchy > Spec > Lookup Tables > Lookup Spec

Additionally, collaboration areas and workflows depend upon Users and Roles. All container objects, for example, collaboration areas, catalogs, hierarchies, and so on depend upon access control groups. Views depend upon attribute collections.

The following table lists all the object types that you can deploy in Product Master and provides a description, the export format, and object dependencies.

Table 1. Object types
Object type	Object type name	Export format	Object type dependency
Access control group (ACG)	ACG	XML	Roles
Alerts	ALERT	XML	Distributions Distribution groups Users
Attribute collections	ATTRIBUTE_COLS	XML	Specs
Catalogs	CATALOG	XML	Primary specs Scripts (Document Store) Users Roles
Catalog content	CATALOG_CONTENT	CSV	Catalogs
Catalog view	CATALOG_VIEW	XML	Catalogs Attribute collections
Collaboration area	COLLABORATION_AREA	XML	Workflows Catalogs Hierarchies ACGs Users Roles
Collaboration area content	COLLABORATION_AREA_CONTENT	XML	Collaboration areas
Company attributes	COMPANY_ATTRIBUTES (LOCALES)	XML
Container access privileges	CONTAINER_ACCESSPRV	XML	Catalogs Hierarchies Roles Attribute collections
Data source	DATASOURCE	XML
Destination spec	DESTINATION_SPEC	XML
Distribution	DISTRIBUTION	XML
Distribution group	DISTRIBUTION_GROUP	XML	Distributions
Document store	DOC_STORE	XML
Exports	EXPORTS	XML	Catalogs Lookup tables Destination specs Hierarchies Spec maps Distributions Document stores Users Scripts (Document Store)
Feeds	FEEDS	XML	ACGs DataSources File specs Catalogs Lookup tables Document stores Users Scripts (Document Store)
File spec	FILE_SPEC	XML
Hierarchy	HIERARCHY	XML	Primary specs Scripts (document store)
Hierarchy content	HIERARCHY_CONTENT	CSV	Hierarchies
Category to category maps	HIERARCHY_MAPS	XML	Hierarchies
Hierarchy view	HIERARCHY_VIEW	XML	Hierarchies Attribute collections
Item to category map, referenced as setItemCategoryMaps in the export script.	Item to category map (setItemCategoryMaps)	CSV	Hierarchies Catalogs Hierarchy content Catalog content
Jobs (schedules)	JOBS	XML	Users
Lookup table	LOOKUP_TABLE	XML	Lookup table specs
Lookup table content	LOOKUP_TABLE_CONTENT	CSV	Lookup tables
Lookup table specs	LOOKUP_TABLE_SPEC	XML	Company attributes
Maps	MAPS	XML	Specs Catalogs
My settings	MY_SETTINGS	XML	Company attributes
Organization hierarchy	ORG_HIERARCHY	XML	Primary specs Scripts (document store)
Organization hierarchy content	ORG_HIERARCHY_CONTENT	CSV	Organization hierarchies
Primary specs	PRIMARY_SPEC	XML	Sub-specs Company attributes
Queue	QUEUE	XML
Reports	REPORTS	XML	Script input specs Distributions Document stores
Role locale access	ROLE_LOCALE_ACCESS	XML	Roles
Roles	ROLES	XML	ACGs
Script input specs	SCRIPT_INPUT_SPEC	XML
Search templates	SEARCH_TEMPLATES	XML	Catalogs Workflows
Secondary specs	SECONDARY_SPEC	XML	Company attributes Sub-specs
Static selections	SELECTION	XML	Catalogs Hierarchy Hierarchy content ACGs
Specs	SPEC	XML
Sub specs	SUB_SPEC	XML	Company attributes
User-defined logs	UDL	XML	Catalogs Hierarchies
User-defined log content	UDL_CONTENT	CSV	Catalogs Hierarchies Catalog content Hierarchy content UDLs
Users	USERS	XML	Roles
Web service	WEBSERVICE	XML
Workflow	WORKFLOW	XML	ACGs Users Roles Attribute collections Scripts (document store)