Export Data

You can export master data from SAP Sourcing in the form of OMA files, an XML format used for object migration. For details on object migration, see Exporting Objects for Migration. .

Field Help for Export Package Header Page

Function	Description
Display Name	Type a name for the export package.
Description	Type a description of the export package.
Custom	This box is checked by default for a custom export package you create. It is read-only.
Instructions	Choose Add to add instructions for assembling an export package. Follow the prompts in the wizard to select the data to export, including an export type. Export types include the following: Single Sourcing Object: This option allows you to select a single object for export. Only a subset of sourcing objects is available via this option. Select this option and choose Next to see a list of classes that support single object export. Sourcing Object List: This option allows you to select an entire class of objects to export, for example, Queries. Select this option and choose Next to select a picker query that will return the list of sourcing objects for export. The query selected can be one of the standard system picker queries or a custom picker query that builds the list of objects you wish to export. If you add a custom query that builds a list consisting of a single sourcing object, you can export a single sourcing object of any class, eliminating the limitation noted under the description of the Single Sourcing Object option. Dataset: This option allows you to build a set of sourcing object classes for export. All objects of all classes configured as members of the dataset will be exported. You can choose a single dataset containing a defined set of classes or multiple datasets. Selecting all datasets is typically used to migrate sourcing objects from a staging environment to a production environment during system implementation. Database Object: This option allows you to select a restricted set of SAP database objects (temporary tables, functions, procedures, packages) for export. This option will typically be used by or under the direction of SAP personnel. This option is intended primarily as a means of distributing custom reports to clients without performing a full system install. Users of the object export capability must consider inter-object dependencies when building export packages. Consider a simple example: you have developed a new report on your staging system and want to migrate the report to your production system. You have other reports under development and only wish to migrate the single report. In this case, you must migrate the query group associated with the report. You must also migrate any and all queries associated with the query group. Any new localized resources used in developing the query group and associated queries must also be included in the export package that will migrate the report. If you fail to include any referenced objects in the export package that do not already exist on the target system, attempts to import the package will fail. Refer to the Class documentation in the Reference Guide for information concerning the interdependencies between SAP Sourcing objects.
Exports	Choose Add to begin the export for all data indicated by the instructions. In the New Export Header page that appears, choose Save to begin the export in the background. You cannot make changes to this Header page.
Close	Choose this icon or use the breadcrumbs to return to the Export Package Header page. To see the current status of the export, choose Document Refresh . The export status appears in the Exports table.