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Import XML Data Model File

To edit previously exported XML data, you can import an XML data model file. Importing an XML data file into an existing project replaces the existing metadata of the endpoint.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Metadata, Import.

   The Import Data Model from XML file dialog appears.

2. Navigate to the location of the XML file you want to import, then click OK.

   Connector Xpress deploys the new data model and replaces the existing metadata of the endpoint.

Example: How an Administrator Imports and Deploys Metadata using an XML Data File

In this example, the administrator wants to replace the metadata on the endpoint dyn_jdbc_endpoint with metadata in the XML data file export_dyn_jdbc_endpoint2.xml. The administrator does the following:

1. Creates new metadata in a Connector Xpress project.
2. Saves the metadata in project named dyn_jdbc_endpoint2.con.
3. Exports the metadata as an XML data file named export_dyn_jdbc_endpoint2.xml.
4. Opens the dyn_jdbc_endpoint.con project file.

   This file contains the metadata for the endpoint dyn_jdbc_endpoint that the administrator wants to replace.

5. Imports the export_dyn_jdbc_endpoint2.xml data file into the dyn_jdbc_endpoint.con project.
6. Deploys the merged data model to the endpoint named dyn_jdbc_endpoint.

   Connector Xpress deploys the new data model and replaces the existing metadata on the dyn_jdbc_endpoint.