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How to Set Import Options

CA Process Automation provides you with some flexibility in how to import objects.

If your import includes custom operator, select Make Imported Custom Operators Available.

If the custom operators are new and they belong to a new custom group, take the action appropriate to your environment.

• Do not select Publish Custom Operator Group Configuration if the import environment is in the same Domain as the export environment. In this case, the custom operator group configuration is already published.
• Select Publish Custom Operator Group Configuration if the import environment is in a different Domain than the export environment

Consider the import content when you configure Set Imported Version as Current and select how to handle duplicate names.

• To activate the imported objects, with the ability to revert to a previous version of an imported object, if needed:
  • Select: Import
  • Select: Set Imported Version as Current

  Note: These options are best when you are importing an upgrade release version and all operator targets are set to hosts in the import environment. You can expect to be notified of duplicate names because objects of the last release are located in the destination folder.

• To import without activating the upgraded objects, where the previous version retains its current version status:
  • Select: Import
  • Clear: Set Imported Version as Current

  Note: These options are best when the import includes operators that target hosts that are not yet defined with their touchpoint name in the import environment. With this setting, you can make objects current after ensuring that the process targets are available in the import environment.

• To defer the import of any object with a duplicate name and to opt for making the objects current manually:
  • Select: Do not import
  • Clear: Set Imported Version as Current
  • Note: These options are best when you are importing new objects into a populated folder. These options avoid making an import object a new version of an object with the same name but a different function. These options also let you make the objects current after you test and verify their use in the new environment.

    If you receive alerts, consider these actions:

    • Record the duplicate names in the alert message and inform an administrator in the source environment. Perhaps those objects can be renamed and exported again.
    • Import again, but import to an empty folder.
• To activate the imported objects without the ability to revert the action for objects with duplicate names:
  • Select: Import and replace
  • Select: Set Imported Version as Current
  • Note: These options are best when you are reimporting fixes to objects in the destination folder. In this case, you would never need to revert to the replaced version.