Exporting IBM Business Automation Workflow assets from a VCS

If you delivered solution assets to a version control system (VCS), you can use the delivery label to export the solution assets and solution manifest from the VCS. You then can migrate and deploy the solution assets to a new environment.

About this task

Export only those solution assets and solution manifest that were created for the solution in Case Builder.

Important: Export the solution assets and solution manifest to a directory that is accessible to IBM Content Navigator. When you import the solution, you must specify a directory location that is relative to the IBM Content Navigator application rather than to the system where the IBM Business Automation Workflow Case administration client is running.

Procedure

To export IBM Business Automation Workflow assets from a VCS:

  • Use the graphical user interface of your VCS, if one is provided, to export all the solution assets and the solution manifest that are associated with a specific delivery label.
  • Create a script that uses the delivery label to export all the solution assets and the solution manifest from the VCS.

What to do next

Important: Do not edit the solution manifest or the solution files after you export them from the VCS.
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.