6.4 Exporting and Importing with the Schema Map Editor

Designer allows you to export a schema map policy document to an XML file. It also allows you to Import an XML file from a particular point on the file system to the Schema Map Editor.

6.4.1 Exporting a Schema Map Policy

Schema Map policies can be exported from the editor and saved as an XML file located in the file system.

  1. In the Schema Map editor, click the pull-down menu Pull-down menu icon, then select Save to File Save to File icon.

  2. Specify a filename and location where you want to export your schema map policy, then click Save.

6.4.2 Importing a Schema Map Policy

The Exported policies which were saved as XML files on the file system can be re-imported to the Schema Map editor. This functionality saves you the effort of redoing the class or attribute mappings again. To import a schema map policy:

  1. In the Schema Map editor, click the pull-down menu Pull-down menu icon, then select Import from File Import from File icon.

  2. In the Import a Schema Map File dialog box, browse to the schema file you want to import, then click Open.

    Specify whether you want to append the imported schema mappings to the existing schema map, or replace the existing schema map with the imported schema map.