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How to Migrate Objects From a Package to a New Folder to Prepare for Export

The content package is an object that is introduced in CA Process Automation 04.2.00. In CA Process Automation 04.1.00, objects were contained in a package for exporting from one environment into a different environment. The package object is only supported for backward compatibility in 04.2.00. You cannot reference packages in interaction request forms, start request forms, custom operators, process watches, or datasets. You can still export a 04.1.00 package, but you cannot modify the package once it is imported into a new environment. You can, however, modify its objects.

If you want to bundle similar objects together and export them as one non-modifiable release into a new environment, you must use the content package. CA Process Automation creates the content package once a folder is exported (as a content package) from one environment and imported into another environment. Once imported, the content package is then viewable in the Library Browser and the Operations tab in the Content Packages palette, as indicated by the content package icon .

This scenario describes the required steps to migrate content from a package object into a new folder, if you want to continue to move content as one non-modifiable release between environments.

The following diagram depicts the tasks that content designers perform when migrating objects from a package to a new folder to prepare for export:

Follow these steps:

1. Open the release 04.1.00 package object and note all of the objects that the package contains.
2. Locate and copy those package objects in the Library.
3. Create a folder to paste package objects into.

Open the 04.1.00 Package Object and Note All of the Objects that the Package Contains

The package object that you created in release 04.1.00 is indicated by a blue package icon:

Follow these steps:

1. Open the Library Browser.
2. Locate and open the package object from release 04.1.00.
3. Make a note of all of the objects that are contained within the package.

Locate Those Package Objects in the Library

Once you identify the objects within the package, locate them within the Library, copy them, and paste them into a new folder.

You can open and scroll through known folders in the Library folders or search for folders by name for those objects that the package contains. Additionally, you can search for objects with Basic Search using a single criterion or an Advanced Search using multiple criteria. The Search then finds objects meeting your search criteria within the folder structure you specify.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Library tab.
2. Navigate the folder tree to the folder containing the object. As necessary, you can query for folders by name from the search field atop the Orchestrator pane.
3. (Optional) Perform a search for the object. From the selected folder, perform one of the following search types:
   • Use a Basic search if querying with a single search criterion, such as object type or owner.
   • Use an Advanced search if querying with multiple criteria, such as object state or modification date.
4. Right-click each object that the search returns and select Copy.

Create a Folder to Paste Package Objects Into

Once you locate an object in the Library that the release 04.1.00 package contains, paste them into a new folder to export them into a new environment.

All of the objects you want to export must be located under one folder. In release 04.1.00, you could add objects as shortcuts from different folders into a package for export. This behavior is not possible with a content package. All of the objects must be housed under one folder only for export.

Follow these steps:

1. In the Library Browser folder pane, select the folder where you want to create a folder.
2. In the toolbar click New, and then click Folder.

   The new folder appears.

3. Rename the folder.
4. Right-click the folder, and then select Paste.

Repeat the process for each object that the package contains until the new folder contains all of the release 04.1.00 content. You can edit the objects once they are pasted in the new folder.

You content migration is now complete and you can export the folder into a new environment.