Preparing to Import or Export SAS Package Metadata

The SAS Package import and export wizards are easy to use, especially when you are working with small packages of metadata on the same metadata server. However, it can sometimes be difficult to map servers, libraries, and other attributes when an object is imported from a different metadata server. Accordingly, administrators should carefully plan the import or export of large amounts of metadata, or the import of metadata from one metadata server to another. For more information, administrators should see the "Using the Promotion Tools" chapter in the SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide.

If you export and import jobs that contain DataFlux Batch Job transformations or DataFlux Data Service transformations, you will be prompted to select the DataFlux Data Management Server for the target environment. Be sure to do so, or the DataFlux transformations might execute on the old server.