Migrating a Project Created in TIBCO Designer

You can migrate a project from TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 5.x with TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Plug-in for ActiveSpaces 2.2 to TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 6.x with TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Plug-in for ActiveSpaces 6.3 by using the migration tool in TIBCO Business Studio.

For related information, see the TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks documentation.

Note: When you migrate a project in TIBCO Designer, note the following conditions:
  • You can migrate a project from TIBCO Designer with TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 5.x to TIBCO Business Studio with TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 6.x, but not in reverse.
  • The name of a project migrated to TIBCO Business Studio cannot contain any of the following characters:

    (space) ! $ % & + . / @ \ ~

Before you beginThe project to be migrated is already validated in TIBCO Designer.
Note: TIBCO Designer includes reference-checking and other validation facilities that you can use to ensure that a project is internally consistent. For details, see "Validating Projects" in TIBCO Designer User’s Guide.
    Procedure
  1. Open TIBCO Business Studio.
  2. Use one of the following ways to open the BusinessWorks Migration Tool window:
    From the main menu, click Project > Migrate BW Projects.
    From the main menu, click File > Import. In the opened dialog, expand the Migrate BW Projects node, and select Migrate BW Projects. Click Next.
  3. In the BusinessWorks Migration Tool window, specify the following fields:
    BusinessWorks 5 Projects Folder: the source location of the project to be migrated.
    Migrated Project Folder: the target location of the migrated projects.
  4. After you specify the BusinessWorks 5 project folder, in the displayed project tree, select the project you want to migrate.
  5. Click Migrate.
  6. When the migration is complete, click Close.
    The migrated project is displayed in the Project Explorer view.