Importing and exporting workflows

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With the ability to import and export, you can introduce new workflows from outside IBM® Rapid Infrastructure Automation® or introduce existing workflows from inside to other applications.

Before you begin

Make sure that you have permission to import or export workflows.

Importing workflows

  1. In the dashboard, click Workflows.
  2. Click Import.
  3. From your computer, select the .zip file that contains one or more workflows that you are going to import, or drag and drop the file directly onto the page.
    If the workflow already exists in your workflow list, an appropriate error is shown. Based on your preference, complete one of these actions:
    • Click Overwrite to replace the existing workflow with the one that you want to import.
    • Click Keep both to import the workflow without affecting its duplicate.
    • Click Skip to make no changes.
    Note: If the Access is denied error message is shown, ask your administrator to grant you the required permissions to import the workflow. The View, Execute, and Edit permissions must be granted to your user's role for both the admin and user folders. For more information, see Permissions.
  4. Verify that the new workflow is shown in the list by using the search bar.
  5. Optional: Run the workflow in IBM Rapid Infrastructure Automation® by completing one of these actions:
    • In the workflow list, in the Actions menu, click Run.
    • Select the workflow to open the workflow editor, then click Run.
    • Schedule a job to automatically execute the workflow at a defined frequency. For more information, see Using jobs.

Exporting workflows

Note: By default, the Export, Move, and Delete options are not available until you select one or more workflows.
  1. In the dashboard, click Workflows.
  2. Select one or more workflows and click Export.
  3. Choose whether to export the flows with absolute or relative paths and confirm that they’re delivered in your default downloads folder. Filenames follow this order:
    • flows_export_<year>_<month>_<day>_<hour>_<minute>_<seconds>.zip for flows exported without the absolute path.
    • absolute_flows_export_<year>_<month>_<day>_<hour>_<minute>_<seconds>.zip for flows exported with absolute path.