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  1. Preface
  2. Informatica Developer
  3. The Model Repository
  4. Searches in Informatica Developer
  5. Connections
  6. Physical Data Objects
  7. Flat File Data Objects
  8. Logical View of Data
  9. Viewing Data
  10. Application Deployment
  11. Application Patch Deployment
  12. Application Patch Deployment Example
  13. Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
  14. Object Import and Export
  15. Appendix A: Data Type Reference
  16. Appendix B: Keyboard Shortcuts
  17. Appendix C: Connection Properties

Developer Tool Guide

Developer Tool Guide

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Object Import and Export Overview

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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