Saving, exporting, importing, and printing

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Saving view

The console allows you to save the data displayed in the right window pane in a console window in a user-defined format to be accessible to other applications.

1. Select Edit > Save View.
   The Save a View dialog box appears.

2. Enter the following data into the respective boxes:

   Parameter	Data
   View Title	Enter into this text box the name or title of the view to be saved. You can use any character, including special characters. Also no maximum length is fixed. Do not add an extension to the name, it is automatically added when selecting the file format.
   File Format	Click the arrow on the drop down box to display the list of available file formats and select the desired format. Possible values are csv, html and xml.
   File Path	Enter the full path of the target file into the text box. Do not enter a name for the file, it is automatically generated, being a combination of the saved node and tab name.
   Browse	You can also define the target location by clicking Browse. A new window appears in which you can browse your directory hierarchy and select a target directory for the file.
   Pages	This option is only displayed if the (page) view you are saving is paged and might thus consist of more than one page. You can define to only save the "page" currently displayed by checking the Current radio button or to save all "pages" of the selected node by marking the All radio button.

3. Click OK to confirm, generate it and save it to the defined location.

Exporting

The BMC Client Management export option allows you to export specific data of the currently selected node to a file in a user specified format. You can make it then accessible to other console users, who can import this file to add these data to their console or to users of other applications to which these data might be of interest.

1. Select the node for which you want to export the data in the left window pane.
2. Select Edit > Export.
   The Export the Current Node dialog box appears.

3. Either enter the file path for the export directly into the File Path box or click the button next to it to call a list of all available drives and directories of your client.
   The path entered here must be a full path, it cannot be a relative path. Besides, you must enter a name for your export file with an extension.

4. Select the desired item(s) for the export from the following list.
   You can select more than one item by clicking the first item, pressing the CTRL key and holding it when selecting other items with your cursor. 

5. Click OK to confirm.

   For exporting packages, BMC Client Management exports an .xml file and a .package file. 

The export will directly be created at the defined location.

Importing

The console enables you to import complete views saved from other console windows. When you import a view, the root node of the import will be imported with all its following hierarchical structure.

1. Select Edit > Import.
   The Import a Node dialog box appears in which you can select the file containing the data to import.

2. Select the type of file which contains the import data and select the file.
   The file can be located anywhere within your network on a drive to which you have access, it must not be located on your local client.

3. Click Open to confirm.

   For importing packages, the import process verifies whether a .package file related to the selected .xml file exists.
   - If the .package and .xml files are related, the package is automatically copied in the package location.
   - If the .package and .xml files are not related, the package has to be manually copied.

The window will close and the contents of the file will be imported directly into your console.

Printing

The console also allows you to print the currently selected view and all its data and any graphics displayed in the view.

1. Select the node in the left and the tab in the right window pane that you want to print.
2. Select Edit> Print.
   If the page you intend to print is paged, the Print Zone dialog box appears on the screen. It provides you with the following option:
   
   • Current: Prints only the currently displayed page.
   • All: Prints all pages of the selected node. 
3. Select the desired option and click OK.
4. In the Print window, select a printer and any other printer-connected options, and then click OK.

Your view is printed.