Data import and export

ConSol CM provides various possibilities to import data to the ConSol CM system or export data from the ConSol CM system. This section describes the required items.

• Import: The import allows to transfer data from a scene file to a ConSol CM system.
• Staging export: The staging export allows to write data from a ConSol CM system to a scene file, in order to transfer the configuration from a development system to a production system.
• Custom export: The custom export allows to write selected configuration data from a ConSol CM system to a scene file, in order to transfer a functionality implemented in a development system to another development system.
• System documentation: The system documentation feature allows you to export the configuration of your ConSol CM system into a file.
• Data directory: The design and resources folders in the data directory of ConSol CM contain files for visualization scripts and skinning.
• Etl: ETL allows the import and export of runtime data in a ConSol CM system.

📄️ Import

Imports are the second step of the staging procedure to which allows to transfer data between two ConSol CM systems. Data is exported from the source system and imported to the target system using a scene file.

📄️ Staging export

Introduction to staging exports in ConSol CM

📄️ Custom export

Introduction to custom exports in ConSol CM

📄️ System documentation

The system documentation feature allows you to export the configuration of your ConSol CM system into a file. The scope of the documentation, i.e., which information is included, and the layout of the document are determined by a script of the type System documentation.

📄️ Data directory

The ConSol CM data directory is a folder on the server where ConSol CM runs. Its location is defined in the system property cmas-core-shared, data.directory.

📄️ ETL

Introduction to ETL in ConSol CM