Exporting Objects
You can export MEGA objects from:
• Web Front-End:
• the Administration desktop
• Windows Front-End:
• the MEGA Administration application
• of your MEGA workspace.
You can export objects in the following formats:
• text
The exported file is in the form of an .MGR file.
• XML MEGA
The exported file is in the form of an .XMG file containing commands or data (objects and links).
• Excel
Exporting MEGA Objects from the Administration desktop (Web Front-End)
To export MEGA objects from the Administration desktop:
1. Connect to the MEGA Administration (Web Front-End) desktop.
2. In the Administration tab, click the Tools pane.
The management tree for tools appears.
3. In the tree, select the XMG/MGL/MGR > Export sub-folder.
The Mega Objects Export - Parameterization page appears.
4. In the Export File field, select the export file format.
5. In the Options frame, by default, two export configuration options are proposed:
• Include Objects of Merging exports the technical objects resulting from merging objects (_TransferredObject).
• Propagate exports the objects listed together with their dependent objects.
6. In the
Objects to export, click
Add objects to list 
.
The selection dialog box appears.
7. Start the query and select the appropriate objects in the result window.
8. Click OK.
The objects appear in the list of objects to be exported.
You can carry out this procedure several times, allowing you for example to export objects of different types.
In the event of an error, click
Remove objects from list 
to delete an object from the list.
9. When selection is complete, click Export.
The export file is exported.
10. (Optional) If required, in the Export File field, click the arrow and select Open to read the contents of the export file.
11. Click OK.
A message appears.
12. Click Save.
The exported file can then be imported into another repository.
Exporting MEGA objects from MEGA Administration
To export MEGA objects from MEGA Administration:
1. Open MEGA Administration and select the repository from which you want to export objects.
2. Right-click the desired repository and select Object Management > Export Objects.
The Export MEGA Objects dialog box opens.
3. In the Export in Format field, select the export file format.
Several options enable object export configuration.
4. (Optional) Enter a different name and folder if the default values are not suitable.
Button
enables you to browse the folder tree and select where the export file will be located.
5. In the
Objects frame, click
Add Objects to List .
To simplify the query, click
Add objects to list from favorites 
.
The selection dialog box appears.
6. Start the query and select the appropriate objects in the result window.
7. Click OK.
The selected objects are added to the Export MEGA Objects dialog box list, preceded by their type.
You can carry out this procedure several times, allowing you for example to export objects of different types.
In the event of an error, click
Remove objects from list to delete an object from the list.
8. In the Objects group box, by default two export configuration options are proposed:
• Include Objects of Merging 
, which allows you to export technical objects resulting from merging objects (_TransferredObject).
• Propagate 
, which allows you to export listed objects together with their dependent objects.
9. (Optional) By default, the export perimeter is as defined in the properties of the Export tool. To modify the export default perimeter, you must have previously activated export perimeter selection, see
"Activating the export perimeter selection option".
In the Objects frame, select the Perimeter of export using the drop-down menu.
10. When selection is complete, click Export.
The export process begins.
To interrupt export during execution, click
Cancel.
During export, the name and type of the objects being exported appear at the bottom of the dialog box, together with duration of export. On completion of export, the Execution Report displays the number of exported objects.
Exporting MEGA objects from the MEGA desktop
To export a MEGA object from the MEGA desktop:
1. In the Main Objects navigation window, right-click the object you want to export and select Manage Export.
You can also export
MEGA objects by selecting
File > Export > MEGA Objects in the workspace.
The Export MEGA Objects dialog box opens.
In the Objects frame, the object to be exported is already selected.
Viewing an export file (Windows Front-End)
To view the exported file:
In the export
Execution Report dialog box, click
Open result fileIn the case of:
• an export in MEGA XML format, the view MEGA XML exchange file dialog box appears.
This file is presented in the form of a table showing a list of commands. Corresponding to each command ("Create", "Connect", etc.) there is a an object, object modification date and name of the last modifier.
• export in text format, the Notepad dialog box appears:
This file lists all objects in text format.
The exported file can then be imported into another repository.
Activating the export perimeter selection option
At the time of export, to be able to select export perimeter, you must activate the Activate export perimeter selection option:
1. From your MEGA workspace, select Tools > Options.
2. In the MEGA Data Exchange > Export > Files option group: Generic Options select the Activate export perimeter selection option.
