1. Building Responsive Applications with Visual Builder Studio
  2. Connect Applications to Data
  3. Work With Business Objects
  4. Manage Business Object Data During Development
  5. Configure a Build Job to Import or Export Data from a Visual Application

Configure a Build Job to Import or Export Data from a Visual Application

You can import or export data from a visual application through a build job—though a build job is the only way to import or export data when your VB Studio instance and the Visual Builder instance where your visual application is deployed are in different identity domains.

To import or export data through a build job, you’ll need to add the visual application Import Data or Export Data steps to a build job, along with the steps to copy or archive the artifact that contains the business object data. You’ll also need the credentials of a user who can access the Visual Builder instance where the visual application is deployed.
  1. In the VB Studio left navigator, click Builds Builds.
  2. In the Jobs tab, click + Create Job.
  3. In the New Job dialog box, in Name, enter a unique name.
  4. In Description, enter the job's description.
  5. In Template, select the System Default OL7 for Visual Builder template.
  6. Click Create.
  7. Click Configure the Tools icon.
  8. Click the Steps tab.
  9. From Add Step, select Visual Application, and then select Export Data or Import Data.
  10. In Instance, select the Visual Builder instance where you want to import or export business object data.
  11. In Username and Password, enter the user's credentials who can connect to the Visual Builder instance.
  12. In Application URL Root and Application Version, enter the visual application's root URL and its version.
    You can find the application's root URL and its version from the Deployments tab of the environment where the visual application is deployed.

    Example:

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  13. In Artifact, enter the name of a ZIP file that will contain the business object data to import or export; for example, enter bodata.zip.
  14. Add other steps to the build job to complete the import or export of the business object data.
    For example, to complete the export of data you’ll need to add an after build action that archives the artifact (bodata.zip, in our example) while you’ll typically need to copy an artifact from another job to import business object data. See Archive Artifacts and Copy Artifacts from Another Job in Using Visual Builder Studio for more detail.
  15. Click Save.
  16. To run the build, click Build Now.