Exporting and importing property groups

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You can export and import property groups for sharing with other users.

Exporting a property group

  1. From the Property Group Manager view, do one of the following steps:
    • To export all property groups for a system, select the system and then select Export from the menu.
    • To export a single property group, select the property group and then select Export from the menu.
    The Export Property Groups window opens.
  2. In the Location field, type the directory path where you want to the file to be stored or click Browse to navigate to the directory path.
  3. In the File name field, type a file name for the property group. Do not include the file extension. The file extension .xml is automatically appended to the file name as needed.
  4. From the table view, select one or more property groups to export. You can click Select All or Deselect All to select all property groups or clear all groups. You can sort the list by clicking the table headings. To reverse the sort order, click the table headings again.
  5. Click OK to save the file.

Importing a property group

  1. From the Property Group Manager view, select the system into which you want to import property groups and then select Import from the menu. The Import Property Groups window opens.
  2. In the File field, type the path of the XML file or click Browse to navigate to the file. The property groups that are defined in the file are loaded into the table view.
  3. From the table view, select one or more property groups to import. You can sort the list by clicking the table headings. To reverse the sort order, click the table headings again.
  4. Click OK to import the property group from the file.
    Note: If you attempt to import a property group that contains unsupported categories, then the unsupported categories are ignored, but the supported categories are imported. This situation might occur, for example, if you attempt to import a property group into a previous version of Developer for z/OS®, and the previous version does not recognize a category that was introduced in a more recent version.