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Exporting Objects to an Archive

You can export top-level objects to an archive, such as business components, applets, views, and projects. Siebel Tools exports and imports child objects with their parents. For information about top-level object types, see Displaying Object Types in the Object Explorer.

Do not export the repository object to export an entire repository. If you do this, then the export file is too large and it degrades performance. Instead, you can export a repository. For more information, see Exporting Repositories.

This task is a step in Roadmap for Setting Up and Using Siebel Tools.

To export objects to an archive

1. In the Object List Editor, locate the object you want to export.

   For more information, see Locating and Modifying Object Definitions in the Object List Editor.

2. Click the Tools menu, and then click Add To Archive.

   Siebel Tools displays the Export to Archive File dialog box. The status bar in this dialog box indicates the child objects that Siebel Tools includes in the export. When the process finishes, this dialog box displays the top-level objects in the Objects to Archive list.

3. If you want to add more objects, then repeat Step 1 through Step 2 for each object. Do not close the Export to Archive File dialog box while you add these objects.

   You can add objects of the same object type or you can add objects of another object type.

4. In the Export to Archive file dialog box, in the Archive File window, enter the path and file name of the archive file.

   For example, enter C:\Siebel\8.2\Tools_1\objects\objects.sif.

5. Click Save.

   Siebel Tools creates a SIF file in the location that you specify in Step 4.