You can export and import local and global shortcuts.

When you export a shortcut, you can choose to export the object the shortcut references. You might want to export the referenced object if it does not exist in the destination repository.

When you import a shortcut, you can specify folders for the shortcut and the referenced object. You can import a shortcut if the shared folder in the target repository on which you have read-only permission contains the original object. If you want to import a shortcut and the object concurrently, you need write permission.

When you import a shortcut, the PowerCenter Client creates a shortcut in the folder that you specify. The new shortcut points to the object in the folder that you specify for the referenced object.

You always specify a folder for the referenced object, whether or not you import the referenced object into that folder. The PowerCenter Client searches for the referenced object in the folder you specify to establish the shortcut. The import behavior depends on the target folder permission and the location of the referenced object.

The following table describes the import behavior based on the target folder permission and the location of the referenced object:

Permission	Folder contains the referenced object	Folder does not contain the referenced object
Read	The PowerCenter Client imports the shortcut object into the destination repository.	The PowerCenter Client does not import the shortcut object.
Write	The PowerCenter Client imports the shortcut object into the destination repository.	The PowerCenter Client imports the actual object into the destination repository if the XML file contains the metadata for the referenced object.

When you import a shortcut into a local repository, you can specify a folder from the local repository or the global repository in the domain. When you import a shortcut into a global repository, you can specify a folder from the global repository.