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ISS Authoring Import Export Business Service Reference


This business service allows you to move versioned object definitions between databases. It supports the following versioned object definitions (VODs):

  • Product Attribute Definition. ISS_ATTR_DEF. Uses the Integration Object used ISS Attr Def ImpExp.
  • Product Class Definition. ISS_CLASS_DEF. Uses the Integration Object ISS Class Def ImpExp.
  • Product Definition. ISS_PROD_DEF. Uses the Integration Object ISS Prod Def ImpExp.
  • Signal Definition. ISS_SIGNAL. Uses the Integration Object ISS Signal ImpExp IntObj.
  • Variable Map Definition. ISS_VAR_MAP. Uses the Integration Object ISS Variable ImpExp IntObj"

It also allows you to fix S_PROD_INT records created with EIM processes, making them usable by the ISS framework by creating the minimum set of necessary records that are needed for versioned objects.

Modeling Data Before Using ISS Import Export Authoring Service

This business service will treat VODs that are manually created on two databases as different objects, even if their VOD Names match. Therefore, when you use this service, never create two master copies of a VOD manually on two different databases. Instead move the existing definitions from one database to another through Import/Export or Application Deployment Manager (ADM). After importing, you can freely modify the replicated objects in any database and move them.

One simple way to ensure object compatibility when multiple development environments are used is:

  • Use only one development database to create new VODs.

    If customer is upgrading from previous (pre 7.8 release):

    • Do not use upgraded development databases. Discard those databases and create new ones from a single production master.
    • If it is absolutely necessary to use the upgraded development databases, do not use VODs created during the development database upgrade. Discard those definitions; change the names of all VODs and products to clearly indicate that the development definitions have been dropped; and import the necessary definitions from your production database.
  • Use ADM or Export/Import process to populate other development databases with the existing VOD definitions.
  • If a new VOD creation is required in a nonmaster-development database, first check the master to see if such an object already exists. If the object exists, move it to your development environment. If the object does not exist, create it in your development environment, and immediately move it to the master development environment, in order to prevent other modelers from creating a duplicate.

Methods of the ISS Import Export Authoring Service

This business service includes the following methods:

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