Exporting and Importing a Connection
Use
The framework allows you to export an established connection to a provider system from a client system and then reuse it on another client system.
Prerequisites
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To export a connection from the file system, the connection has to be available.
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You have to fulfill the procedure described in Creating Connections to Provider Systems .
Procedure
Export a connection to a provider system
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Choose an entry from the table of connected provider systems.
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Choose Export .
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Save the connection on the file system. The system saves the connection as an XML document.
At a later stage, you can distribute and import the XML document to another client system, instead of establishing a connection with the same settings.
Import a connection to a provider system
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Choose Import .
The Import Provider System window opens.
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Choose Browse , and then open the XML document of the connection.
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Choose OK .
After you import a connection from the file system, you have to edit the connection and enter the credentials that you use to access the provider system.