1. Include items dynamically using search criteria

You can include items in the export dynamically using search criteria.

To add search criteria, click the Add button and select the Add search criteria command from the menu.  Then complete the details in the Add Dynamic Search Criteria window and click Add.

In any one set of search criteria (that is, one line in the list), all the specified tests must be satisfied for an item to be included in the export.  Each set (line), however, is evaluated independently of the others.

You can specify any number of sets of search criteria and each set may include tests for one or more of the following:

• Item type: you can choose All, All configurations or a specific type such as Processing Sequences.

• Generic name: you can select items by specifying the first few characters of the item name.

Last-changed details: you can specify values for any of Changed From date, Changed To date and Changed by user.

To edit an existing set of search criteria, select it in the list and click Edit.  To remove an existing set of search criteria, select it and click Remove.<<where is Remove???>>

Include related items

For each set of search criteria, you can also specify whether the export should include related items for the items that are selected for that set.  You can choose from the following:

No: related items are not automatically included in the export.

Yes: immediately related items are automatically included in the export.

Related items are automatically included in the export for the items that are selected by the search criteria as well as items related items to those items. For any given item, you can see what will be considered 'related items' by displaying the Used by section of the Cross references for the item.

Note that supplied definitions (items that are supplied with LANSA Composer such as all the shipped Activities) are not included by any of the Include related items options.  This means, for example, that Activities that are used by a Processing Sequence are excluded unless they are custom activities that you have defined yourself.  This is typically the desired behavior.

Exclude supplied definitions

Supplied definitions comprise certain definitions that are supplied and installed with LANSA Composer, such as all the shipped Activities.

The default for this option is Yes, meaning that supplied definitions ARE excluded.  This is typically the desired behaviour.  You should not have any need to export supplied definitions and they should not normally be imported to a target system other than as part of the standard LANSA Composer installation.