When you export a product family version, you export both the data model metadata and the application metadata. When you export the data model metadata, you choose to submit the export job as a background job or continue the export through the Enterprise Data Manager.

You also have the option of selecting "Enhanced Export." Select the enhanced export option if you need to import the product family version to an existing environment. If you do not choose enhanced export, and you try to import the exported data model metadata to an environment where any product family version already exists, the data becomes corrupted.

After you export a custom product family version, you can import it into a different environment. The process is the same as importing an accelerator. When you import the product family version, you again have the option of choosing enhanced import. You also have the option to update the metadata of the existing entities in the environment you are importing to.