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Import Metadata

When you import GE Digital APM metadata, you can choose to import all the metadata in the file that is associated with a given data type or only some of the metadata.

Steps

1. Access the Import page.

2. On the Import page, select Choose File.

   The Open dialog box appears.

3. Navigate to the folder that contains the .ZIP file from which you want to import data and then select the file.

4. Select Open.

   The Open dialog box closes, and the file name that you selected appears in the Choose File box. The metadata contained in that file appears listed in drop-down box in the Available Items section.

5. If you want to import all the items in the file, then in the Available Items section, in the Select metadata type box, select the option All Metadata.

   All the items in the import file appears in Selected Items section.

   Note: The All Metadata option appears only if the import file contains more than one metadata type.

6. If you want to import all the items in a metadata type, in the Select metadata type box, select the metadata type, and then select .

   All the items in the selected metadata type appear in Selected Items section.

   -or-

   If you want to import only some of the items in a metadata type, select the metadata type, select the check box for the required items, and then select .

   Hint: You can search for a metadata type (by name) by using .

   The items that you want to import appears in Selected Items section.

7. Select Start Import to import the selected metadata.

Result

• When the import is complete, a confirmation message appears, indicating that the metadata are imported to the database successfully and a log file in .CSV format is generated.

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