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Chapter 3
Creating Definition Files
Describes how to create and save Data Export definition files.
Overview
Before you can export data with Data Export, you must first either open an
existing definition file, open and save new definition file, or save a modified
version of an existing definition file. See Opening and Saving Definition Files
on Page 3-2.
The definition file specifies the types of data to export, the format of the
extracted data, and whether or not you want a post-export script executed
after the export. To create a definition file, you specify data export parameters
in the following sections of the Data Export window:
• General Information — the landscapes to import data from, the output
format for the exported data, a post-export script, and the database name
for exported data in SQL format
See Setting General Information Parameters on Page 3-4.
• Historical Data — SPECTRUM events and statistics data
See Setting Historical Data Parameters on Page 3-9.
• Current Data — model, relations, associations, and attribute data types
See Setting Current Data Parameters on Page 3-21.
If you are unfamiliar with the Data Export window, see Chapter 2.
NOTE
Default settings for the Data Export window and other windows and dialog
boxes you can invoke from it are specified in the Data Export resource file,
SDE. See Appendix D for information on SDE parameters and how to modify
them.