Importing views and custom artifact elements

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You can import views and custom artifact elements from other IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Engineering Insights (ENI) projects.

About this task

You can import views and custom artifact elements as .zip files. The zip packages can be combined into content packages and deployed to other projects.
  • Views packages contain the XML files for the views, a text file that describes the content type and the time of the export.
  • Custom artifact elements packages contain .TTL files, a text file that describes the content type and the time of the export.

Also, when you import a view, you can map link type in the Import views wizard. This mapping shows a list of all the unique link types from the views to be imported. You can select mapping for each link type before you import the views.

Importing views

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Procedure

  1. From the menu, go to Views > Shared views folder.
  2. Click the Import icon: Import icon to open the wizard. An Import views wizard is displayed.
    Screen capture that shows the Import Views wizard.
    Tip: Choose Automatic to preserve the original data source selection.
  3. On the Select the compressed (.ZIP) file to import step, click Browse and select the views (.ZIP) file to import.
    Tip:
    • You can specify the current project scope and conditions for the imported views.
    • The errors might occur at the time of loading imported views that were created on a different server. You must map the external artifacts Jazz® Reporting Service (JRS artifacts) to the current system artifacts to prevent errors.
    If the views are organized in folders in the original project, the folder hierarchy is preserved when you import the views.
  4. Complete the following substeps to map the JRS artifacts to the system artifacts:
    1. Go to the Select the current project scope step.
    2. Select the required project area from the list in the Current project area column and click Next.
    3. On the Select the current artifacts step, click the pencil icon pencil icon that is available next to the JRS artifact that you want to map.
      • In the Select an artifact type dialog box, select the appropriate system artifact, click Ok and then click Next.
        In Import views wizard, map JRS artifacts to current system artifacts.
    4. On the Select the current conditions step, select the required condition from the list in the Current condition column and click Next.
    5. On the Select current links step, select the required link from the list in the Current link column. Repeat this step for all the links and click Finish.
      Important: The possible links that are displayed in the Current link column get updated based on the artifact mapping that is done in the Select the current artifacts step.
    Important: When you import a view, the associated style is also imported along with the view and available the Shared styles page.

Results

The imported view is stored in the Shared views folder.
Imported view is saved in the Shared View folder

To learn more on exporting and importing views, see this video.

Importing custom artifact elements

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Procedure

  1. Go to Views > Custom artifact elements.
    Note: The Select all caes column is added for the list of CAEs in the Custom artifact elements page. You can use the Select all caes option to perform required action for all the CAEs at a time.
  2. Click the Import icon: Import icon.
  3. Click Browse and select the .zip file that you want to import, and click Import.
    The custom artifact elements are imported. If the custom artifact elements are organized in folders in the original project, the folder hierarchy is preserved after you import them.