Exporting and Importing Change Assistant Settings

Change Assistant settings can be exported and imported using one of the following processes:

• Exporting Configuration

  1. Change Assistant Installer exports configuration when Retain existing configuration is selected during the install.

     See Installing Change Assistant Using Setup.bat

  2. User exports configuration manually in Change Assistant GUI.

     See Exporting Change Assistant Setting in Change Assistant

  3. User exports configurations using Change Assistant command line.

     See Constructing Command Lines for Configuring Change Assistant.

• Importing Configuration

  1. Change Assistant Installer imports configuration when an existing Change Assistant instance is upgraded and Retain existing configuration is selected.

     See Installing Change Assistant Using Setup.bat

  2. User imports configuration using Change Assistant GUI through menu item.

     See Importing Change Assistant Setting in Change Assistant

  3. User imports configuration to Change Assistant using command line.

     See PeopleTools Installation for your database platform: Installing PeopleSoft Change Assistant, Installing PeopleSoft Change Assistant in Silent Mode

Change Assistant settings are exported to configuration backup files. A configuration backup is a zip file. It consists of the following XML files:

• Configuration backup property file (cfgbak_prop.xml)

• Options file (settings.xml)

• Database definitions backup file (cfgbak_dblist)

Configuration Backup Property File

Configuration backup property file (cfgbak_prop.xml) contains the following content:

• ToolsVersionCA

  The value is the Tools version of Change Assistant which is used to generated this backup file.

• Creator

  The value is Installer or CA.

• ImportType

  The value is Auto, Confirm, or Manual.

• OptionsIncluded

  The value is true or false.

• DBDefnNum

  The value is the number of database definitions included in the export file.

• DB definition list

  The database list will be used as a pre-check to determine if the database definition already exists in Change Assistant when user imports the configuration.