Settings that apply to environment migration

The environment migration settings are found in the Applications > GRCM > Environment Migration folder hierarchy.

For instructions on accessing the settings page, see Viewing the Configuration and Settings page.

Tip: To author an XML settings path, add the OpenPages folder at the beginning of the path. For example: /OpenPages/Applications/GRCM/Environment Migration/
Table 1. Environment migration settings
Setting Definition
Export File Name Prefix Prefix to be added to the environment migration export file name. The default prefix, openpages, is used if no value is given. Prefix length is limited to 15 characters. If the prefix is longer than 15 characters, it is truncated.
Important:
  • The following characters cannot be used in the prefix:
    \ / | * : { } [ ] " ?
  • Do not use the special characters as defined in CJK Compatibility Ideographs Unicode Block Name and the four-byte characters as defined in the CJK Unified Ideographs EXTENSION-B Unicode Block Name in the prefix.

    The special characters to avoid are:

    special characters
Special Character Validation Specifies whether special characters are checked while validating names of metadata. The default is true.

The ImportConfiguration and ExportConfiguration application permissions are required to access environment migration for import and export. For details on these permissions, see Types of application permissions.

You must also have read and write permissions on the Migration Documents folder. You can see the folder by clicking Administration menu > System Configuration > System Files.

You might also need read and write permissions on other folders, depending on what you are importing and exporting.

For an overview of environment migration, see Migrating OpenPages environments.