Copying a Project to a File

To copy a project to a file:

1. Open the project that you want to copy.

2. Select Tools, and then Copy Project, and then To File.

   The Copy File dialog box appears.

3. Select the objects that you want to copy, and enter the output directory.

4. Click Copy.

   If the file already exists, a confirmation dialog box appears asking if you want to overwrite the existing project. Select Yes to continue and overwrite project or No to cancel the Copy process.

   The Progress dialog box shows the progress of the Copy process as it copies each definition in the project to the specified directory. If you click the Cancel button, the system cancels the Copy process. Any files that were created by the Copy process are removed from the specified directory. To continue copying a project, restart the Copy process if it was canceled.

   When the Copy process completes successfully, a directory with the same name as the current project is created under the specified export directory. This directory contains the PeopleTools definitions and project definition in XML file format.

   Note:

   Index key fields are not copied to the project file in certain cases when the session language set in Configuration Manager does not match the base language for your installation. For best results, set your session language to match the base language before performing a project copy to file.