Transporting CAF Content
Prerequisites
To be able to transport CAF content, you need to:
● Deploy the business entity service
● Hold the CAFAdmin role
● Have permission for managing transport requests
For more information, see Preparing for Content Transport.
Procedure
1. Select Content Type and Data
Follow the instructions in the table below, according to the content type you want to transport.
For easier manipulation when selecting entries, you can do the following:
● To select all entries, choose Select All.
● To clear the selection, choose Deselect All.
● To select several entries, hold down the CTRL key and choose the relevant entries.
Content Type |
Description |
Business Entity Instances |
... 1. Choose General Content Transport. 2. From the left pane, choose the business entity whose instances you want to transport. 3. Choose a query operation to select the instances.
To see list of all parameters, use the operation findByMultipleParameters. You can navigate to related operations from other business entities. To do this, select the operation from the dropdown list and choose Go to Related. 4. Fill the relevant query parameters to filter the instances. 5. Choose Execute. 6. If there are business entity instances matching your search criteria, they are displayed in the Result table. 7. Select the business entity instances you want to transport. |
Business Entity Authorizations |
... 1. Choose Special Content Transport → Authorization. 2. From the right pane, choose the business entities whose authorizations you want to transport. |
Custom Enumeration Types |
... 1. Choose Special Content Transport → Custom Enumeration. Types. 2. From the business entity services list, choose the entities whose types you want to transport. 3. From the right pane, choose the languages you want to transport. |
Object Mappings |
... 1. Choose Special Content Transport → Object Mappings. 2. From the right pane, choose the business entity whose object mappings you want to transport. |
Hierarchical Classifications |
... 1. Choose Special Content Transport → Hierarchical Classifications. 2. From the right pane, choose the hierarchies that you want to transport. |
2. Choose Transport Request
...
1. Choose Add to Selected.
2. You can select an existing transport request from the table or create a new one.
To create a new transport request, do the following:
a. Enter a description for the transport request.
b. Choose New.
c. Select the transport request entry from the table.
3. Choose OK.
3. Inspect Selected Content
...
1. Choose Inspect Selected Content.
2. From the dropdown box, select the transport request you want to use.
You can filter the transport requests by status or creator.
To
do this, choose the button 
with the quick info text Filter.
3. Check if you have selected properly the content that you are going to transport.
4. Transport Selected Content
...
1. Choose Transport Content.
2. From the dropdown box, select the transport request you want to use.
3. Choose Create Transport File.
○ To download the SDA archive, choose Download Deployable Archive.
○ To download the XML content structure only, choose Download XML.
Result
The content is ready for deployment on another system.
For more information, see
Deploying
Components.
The XML file describes the content in the following way:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <selections> <table name = 'XAP_CAFCORE_TABLE_EXAMPLE'> <entry> <field name = "OBJECTKEY" value = "00000-0000-0000-0000-xxxxxxx" /> <field name = "CREATEDBY" value = "Creator"/> <!-- more fields --> </entry> <!-- more entries --> </table> <!-- more tables --> </selections>
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