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Object Import and Export Overview

You can export multiple objects from a project to an ..xml file. When you import objects, you can choose individual objects in the ..xml file or all the objects in the ..xml file.

You can export objects to an .xml file and then import objects from the .xml file. When you export objects, the Developer tool creates an .xml file that contains the metadata of the exported objects. Use the .xml file to import the objects into a project or folder. You can also import and export objects through infacmd command.

Export and import objects to accomplish the following tasks:

Deploy metadata into production: After you test a mapping in a development repository, you can export it to an .xml file and then import it from the .xml file into a production repository.
Archive metadata: You can export objects to an .xml file that you no longer need before you remove them from the repository.
Share metadata: You can share metadata with a third party. For example, you can send a mapping to someone else for testing or analysis.
Copy metadata between repositories: You can copy objects between repositories that you cannot connect to from the same client. Export the object and transfer the .xml file to the target machine. Then import the object from the .xml file into the target repository. You can export and import objects between repositories with the same version. If the objects contain tags, the Developer tool automatically imports into the repository.

You can use infacmd to generate a readable .xml file from an export file. You can also edit the object names in the readable .xml file, and then update the export .xml file before you import the objects into a repository.

You can upgrade objects exported to an .xml file from a previous Informatica release to the current metadata format, and then import the updated objects into the current release. Use the mrs UpgradeExportedObjects command to upgrade the exported objects to the current metadata format before you import the objects.

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Object Import and Export Overview

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