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Exporting and Importing Repository Objects

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Archive files contain object definitions exported from a repository; they are available for importing into other repositories.

Archive files:

Have an .sif extension, by default
Can be version-controlled using third-party source control systems
Are used to share object definitions among repositories in a multiple repository development effort
Can only be exported and imported into repositories with the same repository schema definition

You can include any of the following in an export file:

One object definition
Multiple object definitions of various object types
All object definitions assigned to a specific project or multiple projects

When you do the import you can specify conflict resolution at the object-definition level, telling the system whether to ignore the imported object definition, replace an existing definition with an imported one, or merge the two on a property-by-property basis.

NOTE:  The Project property is never exported to or imported from an archive file.

CAUTION:  Exported objects from one version of Siebel eBusiness Applications should not be imported (through .sif files) into a different version, as object definitions might have changed. Importing an invalid object might result in invalid configurations and an unsupported application.

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