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Business Process Portal Administrator's Guide
Migrating instances : Using Business Process Portal interface : Defining a migration map
 

Defining a migration map

In order to define instance migration, you must define migration map, without this, it is not possible to migrate instances.
To define a migration map:
1. In the Administration module, click Applications > Migrate Instances, to open the Migrate Instances page.
2. Click Migration Map to open the Migration Map List page.
This page lists the currently defined migration maps. You can use filters to list only the maps satisfying your filter condition. You can delete one or more of the existing migration maps from this page.
3. Click the Add Migration Map button to open the Add Migration Map page.
a. In the General section, specify a name in the Migration Map text box.
b. Select the source and target application from the respective drop-down lists.
c. Click Map Worksteps tab.
Based on the selected source application and target application, the worksteps of same name and type gets mapped automatically and they are listed in the Map worksteps tab page. On the basis of your requirement, you can edit or delete or retain them.
Only worksteps of same name and type are displayed, if nothing is matching, Map Workstep tab page will not display any mapped worksteps by default for the selected applications.
d. Click Edit to open the Map Worksteps page. This displays all the worksteps available for Source application and Target application.
*To add a mapped workstep, select the source and target application workstep pairs to be included in your map and then click Map>>. If the selected worksteps are of the same type, then they get mapped. Click Save to save the mapped workstep.
*While mapping, only worksteps of same type can be mapped. If you select worksteps of different type, then you receive a message notifying that only worksteps of same type can be mapped.
*Click Reset, to reset the Mapped workstep list.
*Click Cancel to close the Mapped Worksteps page.
*To delete a mapped workstep, select Mapped workstep you must remove and click <<Remove and then click Save.
You can also delete a Mapped Workstep from the Mapped Workstep tab page. Select the mapped workstep, you must delete from the list displayed and then click Remove.
e. Click Map Dataslots tab.
Based on the selected source application and target application, the dataslots of same name type gets mapped automatically and they are listed in the Map dataslots tab page. On the basis of your requirement, you can edit or delete or retain them.
Only dataslots of same name and type are displayed, if nothing is matching, then Map Dataslots tab page will not display any mapped dataslots by default for the selected applications.
f. Click Edit to open the Map Dataslots page.
This displays all the dataslots available for Source application and Target application.
It is possible to map dataslots, only if both the application contains dataslots of same type and size.
*To add a mapped dataslots, select the source and target application dataslots pairs to be included in your map and then click Map>>. If the selected dataslots are of the same type, then they get mapped. Click Save to save the mapped dataslot.
Important: While mapping, only dataslots of same type can be mapped. If you select dataslots of different type, then you receive a message notifying that only dataslots of same type can be mapped.
See Dataslot mapping for more information.
*Click Reset, to reset the Mapped dataslots list.
*Click Cancel to close the Mapped Dataslots page.
*To delete mapped dataslots, select Mapped dataslots you need to remove and click <<Remove and then click Save.
You can also delete a Mapped dataslots from the Mapped Dataslots tab page. Select the mapped dataslots, you must delete from the list displayed and then click Remove.
4. Click Save to save the migration map definition.