Export a Visual Application Archive from Oracle Visual Builder

In your old Oracle Visual Builder instance, use the Export action to create a ZIP archive of the visual application you want to migrate to a project in VB Studio.

When you export the application you can choose if you want the archive to include the development data contained in the application’s custom business objects. If you choose not to include the data in your archive, you can export and import the data later.

Some information, such as credentials for external REST end points, is removed when you export an application. This information needs to be provided after the archive is imported.

To export a visual application and its custom business objects:

1. Open the Oracle Visual Builder instance.
2. On the Visual Applications home page, open the Application Options menu for the application version you want to export and select Export.

   If there are multiple versions of an application you must use the Options menu of the version that you want to export.

   Alternatively, when a visual application is open, you can choose Export in the application’s options menu in the toolbar.

3. Click Export with Data in the Export Application dialog box.

   When you choose to export the application with data, the archive will include a json file (entity.json) and spreadsheet (entity-data.csv) for each custom business object. The json file describe the business object and the spreadsheet contains the business object data in the development database. If you choose to export the application without data, the archive will only contain the json file describing the business objects.

   The archive will always include the data for any business objects that are identified as containing Application Setup Data.

The visual application and its resources are exported as an archive file. The archive is saved to your local system in the location specified for your browser’s downloads.