Automated library export and import

The tasks Export Library Items and Import Library Items have been deprecated in Spotfire Automation Services.

Instead of Export Library Items and Import Library Items, use the following commands on the Spotfire Server command line:
  • export-library-content
  • import-library-content

Details about these commands are available in the "Command-line reference" section of the Spotfire Server and Environment Installation and Administration help.

If you decide to use these deprecated tasks in Spotfire Automation Services anyway, these are the available settings:

Export Library Items

Option Description
Export from library folder Specifies the location and name of the folder to export from the library.
Note: To export a folder and its contents to file you must have Browse + Access permissions for the folders you want to export. You must also be a member of the Library Administrator group.
Browse... Opens the Browse Library dialog where you can locate the library folder from which you want to export items. Only available if you are connected to the library.
Export to file Specifies a name for the file that will be created. The file will be saved as a zip archive on the server.
Note: The format of the entire file name will be fileName.part0.zip. However, you should always specify the name without file name extensions such as .part0 or .zip.
Note: To include all the exported items, several zip archives may be created from one single export. The middle part of the file name will reflect this: fileName.part0.zip, fileName.part1.zip, fileName.part2.zip, and so on.
Export items of type Specify the type of items you want to export if you want to limit the export to only a certain type.
Include permissions Select whether or not to include the selected library folder permissions.

Import Library Items

Option Description
Import from file Specifies the name of the file to import. The file must be a zip archive containing appropriate library content.
Note: The format of the entire file name is fileName.part0.zip. However, you should always specify the name without any file name extensions such as .part0 or .zip.
Note: If the zip archive is located in a subfolder to the Shared disk location folder you must provide the subfolder name as well. Example: subfolderName/fileName.
Note: To import a folder and its contents to file you must have Browse + Access + Modify permissions for the destination folder. You must also be a member of the Library Administrator group.
Import to library folder Specifies the location and the name of the folder in the library to which you want to import the library items.
Browse... Opens the Browse Library dialog where you can select the folder in the library to which you want to import. Only available if you are connected to the library.
Import items of type Specify the type of items you want to import if you want to limit the import to only a certain type of items.
Include permissions Select this check box if you want to include permissions, if such are stored in the file. If you do not include any permissions, the imported items will inherit the permissions of the destination folder.
Ignore empty folders Select this check box if you do not want to import any empty library folders.
  • Remap Data Sources
    When you migrate library items from one system to another, it is likely that you will have to remap the connection strings and/or passwords of the data sources when you import them to the new system.
  • Remap Information Services Catalogs and Schemas
    The task Remap Information Services Catalogs and Schemas has been deprecated in Spotfire Automation Services.