You can use the Outline Load utility to export metadata for a dimension to a CSV file for Account, Period, Year, Scenario, Version, Currency, Entity, user-defined dimensions, attributes, UDAs, exchange rates, Smart Lists, and planning unit hierarchies. For information about the parameters used with this utility, see Command Line Parameters for the Outline Load Utility.
To export metadata with the Outline Load utility, specify the dimension name and provide the name of the file to which you are exporting. For example, you could use the following command to export metadata for the Entity dimension to a file called ent_export.csv:
OutlineLoad /A:Acpt1 /U:admin /-M /E:c:/ent_export.csv /D:Entity /L:c:/outlineLoad.log /X:c:/outlineLoad.exc
Example: Exporting user-defined dimensions with a space in the name
When exporting user-defined dimensions with a space in the name, enclose the name in quotation marks (" "). For example, you could use the following command to export metadata for the user-defined Line Item dimension:
OutlineLoad /A:pln1dv /U:admin /-M /E:c:/LineItemUserDim_export.csv /D:"Line Item" /L:c:/outlineLoad.log /X:c:/outlineLoad.exc
Example: Exporting attribute dimensions
When exporting attribute dimensions, use the /D switch with the name of the attribute dimension without specifying attribute dimension type, as shown in the following example:
OutlineLoad /A:pln1dv /U:admin /E:c:/AttribTextColor_export.csv /D:Color /L:c:/outlineLoad.log /X:c:/outlineLoad.exc
Example: Exporting with new line characters in the Description text field.
New line characters are supported in text fields for Description and Formula. A field that contains new line characters must be enclosed by quotation marks, as shown in the following example:
Currency, Description, Data Storage USD, “Description Line 1 Description Line 2 Description Line 3”, Store EUR, “description for EUR”, Store
Considerations for exporting metadata:
UDAs cannot be exported as a separate dimension. They are exported with the members to which they are assigned, similar to formulas.
The DTS Period type is recognized, but is not supported by the Outline Load utility. If you try to export DTS information, the utility displays an error in the log file.
If exported members have aliases in an alias table other than Default and these members are imported into another application, the alias table must be created manually in the application before the members are imported.