Exporting Your Private Workspace Log
You can create an export file (private workspace log) and save it in your work folder.
The export file can be exported in format:
• logfile text (.mgl).
Name format of the exported file is "LOGmmdd.mgl", where "mmdd" represents logfile export date month and day.
• XML MEGA (.xmg)
The exported file is in the form of an XML file containing commands or data (objects and links).
To export the work done in the current private workspace in the form of a command file:
1. From the HOPEX menu bar, select Tools > Manage > Export Updates Log.
The Export Repository Private Workspace Log window opens.
2. Select export format.
3. (Optional) If necessary, modify the data export file name and save folder proposed as default. The Browse button 
allows you to browse the folder tree and select the folder in which the file will be saved.
allows you to browse the folder tree and select the folder in which the file will be saved.
4. In the Data Type frame, select the type of modifications to be exported:
• Metamodel if you want to extract the metamodel from the system repository. This is useful if the standard metamodel has been modified.
• Technical Data if you want to include in your file the changes made to data such as descriptors and queries.
• Data if you only want to export changes made to repository data, particularly the workspace.
• Temporary Objects - these objects are created when you execute requests, when you consult objects (stored in the history), etc. Generally you will not need to export these objects.
5. (Optional) If you want to export only those commands that correspond with a defined period, select Commands from / to and specify the dates.
6. Click Export.
The file is exported and saved in the specified folder.
The Execution Report appears.
7. (Optional) Click Open result file to view the file.
8. Click OK to close the window.
The user can subsequently import this logfile, for example into a new private workspace.