Export of items

Export of items
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Export of items

Objects of the system (items of the same directory, document list, settings directory, etc.) can be saved as a file or added to the update package.

When you export objects to file, only items of the same kind are saved. For example, only export menu types can be exported from the Menu types directory. If the exported object is derived from another object, these objects are uploaded to the file together. In this case, the exported object can be called the main object; the derived object on the other hand is considered to be an additional object. For example, a device inherits attributes of another device, which in turn is inherited from the software module.

The update package can contain different kinds of objects. The objects are added to the package along with their connected additional objects.

Figure 4.156. Export menu

Export objects to file

Objects of the same directory can be exported to an external file. However, if the attributes of the object are inherited from another object (item of another directory), both the main object and the associated additional objects are uploaded to the external file. For example, the print layout of the report is inherited from the print layout of the software module print format. In this case, when you export the report (main object), the print layout of the software module print format (additional object) will be exported as well.

Selecting the To file command from the Export menu opens the filter wizard.

In the first step of the wizard, you select additional objects that will be uploaded to the file along with the main object. The window displays a tree list of objects to be exported.

Figure 4.157. Selecting dependent objects that will be exported along with the main object

Context menu of list items:

Include (F8) – includes the selected item and all its child items from the list to the export file.
Exclude (F7) – excludes the selected item and all its child items from the export file.
Include all – includes all items from the list to the export file.
Print (Ctrl+P) – generates print layouts.
Summary functions – menu with the commands to manage the summary functions of the data grid.
Additional functions – menu with the commands to operate the data grid.

After you select required dependencies and press the Next > button, the next filter wizard window will open. In this window, you can select which values will be assigned to the System attribute of the exported objects.

Figure 4.158. System drop-down list

The System drop-down list contains the following commands:

Do not change – uploads items to the export file with the same values in the System attribute as those in the data grid.
Yes – uploads all items to the export file as system items.
No – uploads all items to the export file as non-system items.

Pressing the Finish button opens the standard Save as window where you can save objects to the import file.

Figure 4.159. Save as window

Items that were saved this way can be re-imported to the database using the Import from file command from the Advanced menu.

Adding items to the update package

When you add the selected objects to the update package, the Select update package window opens.

Figure 4.160. Select update package window

After you select the necessary update package and press OK, the selection window closes.

The selected objects are added to the update package only if they do not exist there already. No additional messages will be displayed when you attempt to add objects that have already been added to the update package.