Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress Dynamics Administration

Dumping and loading site-specific data

When you upgrade an end-user Repository, it is often necessary for end-users to retain data that is specific to their own site. For example, a user might add menu items to existing menus. When an application upgrade takes place, if no other action has been taken to save them, these items are lost and the user must manually re-create them after your upgrade is complete.

The Site Data Dump and Load utilities allow users to retain their own site-specific data. It does this by exporting the Repository data for site-specific tables in Progress dump file format prior to running your upgrade, then by loading that data back into the Repository after the Progress Dynamics deployment datasets have been applied.

These utilities can be run in one of two ways:

From within the Progress Dynamics Configuration Utility.
From a free-standing GUI window.