archives

A Pega 7 archive is a specially formatted ZIP or JAR file created using the Export landing page tab. It contains an XML file named with the handle of each instance. In addition to XML representations of instances, the archive contains a control file and may contain SQL scripts and an installation activity.

Creating a ZIP archive

• To create an archive file, select Designer Studio> Application > Distribution > Export.
• To create an archive file containing work items to be purged from the system, use the Purge/Archive wizards. Select Designer Studio> System > Operations > Purge/Archive Configure to start this process. The ZIP file contains work items, work item history, and attachments that can be imported into another system.
• To create an archive file containing work items, work item history, and attachments, use the Package Work wizard. Select Designer Studio> Application > Distribution > Package.

Importing a ZIP archive

To import a ZIP file, select Designer Studio> Application > Distribution > Import.

Automating archive operations

Use the Product Migration wizard to automate and schedule ZIP file operations . To start that wizard, select Designer Studio> Application > Distribution > Migrate Product.

Command line operations

Call the export option of the prpcutils command-line utility to create ZIP archives from product rules using a UNIX shell script or Windows BAT file. These scripts reside in the scripts/utils subdirectory of your Pega 7 software distribution. See the Readme.txt file in that directory and the PDN.

Notes

Each use of the Import or Export archive tools is recorded as an instance of the Log-PegaRULESMove class. Errors are recorded as an instance of the Log-PegaRULESMove-Error class.

The prdbutil servlet, included with V5.X, was deprecated in V6.

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