Importing Pre-Version 5.x Projects

TIBCO Business Studio - BPM Edition contains an Import wizard that you can use to import pre-version 5.x projects into TIBCO Business Studio - BPM Edition version 5.x and newer.

When projects are imported into TIBCO Business Studio - BPM Edition, it's important that lower-level projects -- which other projects are dependant upon -- are imported first. For instance, if you have a process project that is dependent on an organization model project, the organization model project must be imported first, then the process project can be imported.

The Import wizard in TIBCO Business Studio - BPM Edition assists in importing projects with dependencies by indicating that there are projects that require migration whose dependencies have not already been imported, and allowing you to filter these out of the selection. After the lower-level projects are imported, you use the Import wizard again to import the projects whose dependent projects have already been imported. This process is then repeated for each tier of projects until all have been imported.

Procedure

  1. Start TIBCO Business Studio - BPM Edition with a blank workspace.
  2. Select File > Import > Existing Studio Projects into Workspace.
  3. On the Import Projects dialog, select either Select root directory or Select archive file, then browse to and select the project folder or archive file for the pre-version 5.x project.

    If the project folder or archive contains multiple projects with dependencies, a message is displayed stating that it cannot import a project unless its dependencies are imported first. For example:

  4. Click Select Valid Projects.

    The Import wizard unselects the projects requiring migration that have dependencies.

  5. Click Finish.

    The Import wizard imports the projects that were selected on the Import Projects dialog.

  6. Resolve any issues that are flagged by problem markers.
    This can make the task of fixing problems more manageable by avoiding problems raised for higher-level projects that are actually caused by problems in lower-level projects. See Post Migration Tasks.
  7. Repeat steps 2 - 6 until all of the projects in the archive are imported.