Exporting IBM Business Automation Workflow assets from a design object store

You can use the IBM Business Automation Workflow Case administration client to export solution assets from the design object store if they have not yet been promoted into IBM Workflow Center. This export process creates a solution package that contains all assets that were created for the solution in Case Builder.

For solutions that have been promoted into Workflow Center, you can export a solution snapshot by clicking Export on the Snapshots page and follow the prompts. For more information, see Importing and exporting process applications from the Workflow Center console.

Before you begin

The IBM Business Automation Workflow Case administration client can only export a solution package if the solution was committed from Case Builder.

If the solution includes assets or components that are not managed by IBM Business Automation Workflow or by FileNet® P8 tools, migrate these external assets to the target environment by using native tools and processes as required by the particular solution application asset.

Procedure

To export a solution package from the Case administration client:

  1. Start the Case administration client .
    Enter the following URL in a browser:
    http://server:port/navigator/?desktop=bawadmin
    server is the IBM Content Navigator IP address or fully qualified server name.
    port is the IBM Content Navigator port number.
  2. In the navigation tree in the left pane, select a design object store and click Solutions.
  3. On the Solutions page in the right pane, select the solution that you want to export.
  4. Click Actions > Export > Solution and complete the wizard steps.
    After you complete the wizard steps, the solution package ZIP file is created in the folder that you specified.

What to do next

If your solution contains assets that were created in tools other than IBM Business Automation Workflow, you must migrate and deploy these other assets with your solution application, for example
  • If your solution contains assets that were created in FileNet P8, use FileNet Deployment Manager to create a deploy package that contains the assets.
  • If your solution is associated with an IBM Business Automation Workflow process application, you must export a snapshot of the process application. Before you import the solution package to the target environment, you must import the process application.
  • If your solution includes pages that contain custom widgets, which might not exist in the target environment, you must migrate the widgets before you import the solution package. The pages are included in the Pages folder of the exported solution.
  • If your solution uses properties that are associated with marking sets and you move the solution to a different environment, you must re-create the marking sets and any property templates that use the marking sets in the target environment. To re-create the marking sets, use the appropriate FileNet P8 tools. When you re-create the properties, you must use the same symbolic name that is used in the source environment.

    To migrate the marking sets, use FileNet Deployment Manager to export and import the marking sets but not any property templates, which are created when the solution is deployed by IBM Business Automation Workflow.