IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5: User assistance for administrators

Exporting a search collection

Export all data of search collections to XML files before you upgrade.

Before you begin

Before you export a collection, make sure that the user who is running the portal application process has write access to the target directory location. Otherwise, you might get an error message, such as File not found. Make sure that the target directory is empty or contains no files that you still need, as the export can overwrite files in that directory.

About this task

Complete the following steps to export a search collection and its data:

Procedure

  1. Locate the search collection that you want to export.
  2. Click the Import or Export Collections icon. Manage Search portlet displays the Import or Export window.
  3. Enter the full directory path and XML file name extension in the Specify Location (full path with XML extension): field where you want to export the search collection and its data.
    Note: When you specify the target directory location for the export, be aware that the export can overwrite files in that directory.
  4. For your reference document the names of the collections and the directory locations and target file names to which you export the collections. You will need the information when you import the search collection in the next task.
  5. Click Export.

Results

Manage Search writes the complete search collection data to an XML file and stores it in the directory location that you specified. You can use this file later as the source of an import operation to import the search collection into another portal.

To return to the previous window without exporting the search collection, click the appropriate link in the breadcrumb trail.

What to do next

Create a search collection on the upgraded portal. When you create the search collection, enter the location, name, and description of the new collection. You can match the old settings or create new settings. You do not need to select a summarizer. These settings are overwritten when you import the data from the source search collection.
Parent topic: Migrating search collections
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