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Export

You can export CA Process Automation objects into a local file.

For example, send an HTTP POST request to:

http://<hostname>:7000/node/rest/CA:00074_CA:00074:01/_ops/Export

Include a request header:

Content-Type=application/xml

For example:

<ExportRequest xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="p1:ExportRequest" 
xmlns:p1="http://ns.ca.com/2011/09/pam-ops">
<FolderName>/rest</FolderName>
<ExportAsContentPackage>true</ExportAsContentPackage>
<IsAbsolute>true</IsAbsolute>
<ExportFileName>
<ExportLocation>C:\\REST\\ExportContent.xml</ExportLocation>
<OverwriteFile>true</OverwriteFile>
</ExportFileName>
<Filter>
<ObjectTypes>
<ObjectType><Type>Process</Type></ObjectType>
<ObjectType><Type>Agenda</Type></ObjectType>
<ObjectType><Type>ContentPackage</Type></ObjectType>
</ObjectTypes>
</Filter>
</ExportRequest>

Note:The SealModifiableReleaseVersions element is not required and its value is implicitly decided based on the value of ExportAsContentPackage element.

The <ExportAsContentPackage> flag specifies whether you can export a folder as a content package. The default value is false.

If you set the flag to true, CA Process Automation exports the folder as a content package.

Note: If the release version for the folder and its child objects is not defined, the export of a content package fails.

The response indicates whether the export was successful:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<pam-ops:ExportResponse xmlns:pam-ops="http://ns.ca.com/2011/09/pam-ops"
                        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                        xsi:type="pam-ops:ExportResponse">
  <ExportMessage>Successfully uploaded the exported library to download file name: C:\REST\ExportContent.xml</ExportMessage>
</pam-ops:ExportResponse>