Importing Objects From an Archive

The Import Wizard is a task tool that you use to step through the process of importing objects from an archive file. The wizard has the following stages: Start, Review, Confirm, and Summary. To navigate forward and back through the wizard, use the Next and Previous buttons. Click Cancel at any time to cancel the import process. You can only import one archive file at a time using the Import Wizard.

The following procedure shows how to import objects from an archive file, containing various objects and/or Workspaces, into the repository in Web Tools (the procedure is similar in Siebel Tools).

To import an archive

Prepare your environment to import an archive – for more information, see Preparing Your Environment to Import Objects From Archive.
In the Workspace Explorer, create a new Workspace (for example: dev_sadmin_import).
In the Archive menu, select Import from Archive.
In the Import from Archive dialog that opens, click Choose File, browse to the archive file that you want to import (for example: objectscombined.sif) and then click Import.

The Import Wizard - Preview (or Start) page opens with the following information:
- Objects in Archive, which lists the projects and other top-level objects in the archive file.
- Conflict Resolution, which has the following options: Overwrite, Merge, and Do Not Import.
To remove an object from the Objects in Archive list, select it and then click Delete (the trash can icon).
In the Conflict Resolution section, select one of the following options to specify what to do if both the archive file and the repository contain the same top-level object:
- Overwrite. Select this option if you want to overwrite the objects in the repository with the objects in the archive file.
- Merge. Select this option (which is the default) if you want to merge the object definitions in the archive file with the existing definitions in the repository.
- Do Not Import. Select this option if you do not want to import the object definitions from the archive file, and continue to step 9.
For more information about these options, see Options to Resolve a Conflict.
Click Next.

The Import Wizard - Review Conflicts and Actions Page page opens. The purpose of this page is to highlight any Object Differences or Attribute Differences that exist between objects in the archive file and the repository. Review the information on this page and modify it, if required, as follows:
1. Select an object in the Conflicting Objects Tree applet.
2. In the Object Differences section, review the information for the selected object and, if required, modify the value in the Action field. To modify the value in the Action field, click the drop-down arrow in the field and select another value. For a description of these values, see Options to Resolve a Conflict.
3. In the Attribute Differences section, review the information for the selected object (from the Object Differences section) and, if required, modify the value in the Resolution field. To modify the value in the Resolution file, click the drop-down arrow in the field and select another value. Note the following:
  - If the Action field contains the Merge value, then you can modify the resolution value. Click the drop-down arrow in the Action field and select either Repository or File.
  - If the Action field contains the Repository or File value, then you cannot modify the resolution value.
4. Repeat step a, b, and c to review and, if required, modify the (conflicts and actions) information for each object in the archive file.
Click Next.

The Import Wizard - Confirmation page opens, which:
- Summarizes the operations that it is going to perform on the repository, for example, as follows:
```
The operation is going to modify the repository as follows:
2 objects will be inserted
0 objects will be deleted
1 attribute will be updated
```
- Lists the objects that will be imported on clicking Next.
Click Next.

The Import Wizard - Summary page opens. This page either displays the following message or summarizes why the import was unsuccessful:
```
Successfully Imported.
```
Click Finish to exit the Import Wizard.