Projects and Designs

Exporting a Project

Projects may be exported from, and imported into, the Capital Design databases (as XML files). The use of XML files as the data-transfer medium enables the exchange of project data between other data systems and also increases the portability of Capital project data. The data stored in XML files is readily manipulated manually.

An exported project's XML file contains all of the information (options, object names, designs, diagrams etc.) that are contained in its original database record.

Note

You must have the Analysis permission assigned to your user account in Capital Access Manager if you want to import and export projects that have Analysis project models attached to them.

Procedure

Open the project you want to export.
Press Space Bar and enter Export Project. A generic file browser is displayed.
Specify the folder location and file name for the project's exported XML file.
Select the following as required:As Copy Select this if you want the project to be exported with anonymous unique identifiers (UIDs). This option replaces all of the exported project's database UIDs (within the exported XML file) with anonymous UIDs so that the project can be imported back into Capital in the future. A project exported with anonymous UIDs are automatically assigned new UIDs when it is imported back into Capital. Note When a project is exported from Capital, its original record remains in the database with its original UIDs. Therefore, if the project is exported without anonymous UIDs, it cannot be imported back into Capital unless its UIDs have been changed, as its original UIDs are already present in the original project in the database and are not allowed to be overwritten.
Click Export Project; the selected project is exported from the database.Note When a project export is started, a complete snapshot of the current state of the project and all its associated data is taken, it is this project snapshot that is then exported. This is to prevent inconsistencies in data due to project modifications being made by other users during an export.

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