19.9 Exporting a Project

Designer’s export feature allows you to export Projects and Driver Configuration files to a local, removable, or network directory.

  1. Click File > Export.

  2. From the Export window, you can export an existing Identity Manager Project to the File System or to an Archive File. Select General > File System, then click Next.

    Selecting to export to a file system

  3. In the Export File System window, select the projects you want to export.

    Export all the project's pieces for it to work

  4. Click Select All to select all projects in Designer’s \workspace directory (for Windows, the default location is C:\Documents and Settings\user’s_login_name\workspace). or

    click Deselect All to clear the selections. You can then select the projects you want to export.

    IMPORTANT:You must select all items relating to a project if a subsequent import of that project is to work.

    The Select Types button is a feature of Eclipse (the platform that Designer is running on) and is not a Designer feature.

    You can also browse to the directory location where you want to select the resources.

  5. After you designate the directory to which to export the projects, click Create directory structure for files, then click Finish.

  6. In the Save Resources window, select the projects you want to save, then click OK.

You can also export projects to an archive file:

  1. Click File > Export.

  2. Select the General > Archive File option in the Export window, then click Next.

    Archiving a project to a file

  3. Select the projects you want to archive.

  4. Designate where you want the archive file saved.

  5. Select the archive format (zip or tar).

  6. Select whether you want to compress the contents of the file and whether to keep the directory structure for files (recommended), then click Finish.