Export Information About the Custom Configuration in an XML File

The Meta-Model > Save Configuration functionality in Alfabet Expand saves the customer configuration of the meta-model to an XML file. This feature may be useful to generate reports about the configuration, compare different stages of configuration, archive different stages of configuration, or to be able to access the configuration information while the server is running and stand-alone access to Alfabet Expand is not available.

1. In the menu of Alfabet Expand, select Meta-Model > Save Configuration.
2. In the dialog box that opens, change the file name and location to your demand.
3. Select that part of the configuration that you want to save. You can select all or some of the following options:
   • Save Entire Configuration to save all customer-specific configurations including, for example, view schemes, custom object views, and class settings.

     Configured reports, publications, and workflow templates configured by your enterprise will not be saved by selecting this option!

   • Save All Reports to save the configured reports defined by your enterprise.
   • Save All Workflow Templates to save the workflow templates defined by your enterprise.
   • Save All Publications to save the publication configuration of the Alfabet Publication Framework.
4. Click Save. The configuration XML file is saved.