Exporting a DDN
S1000D DDN Export lets you export modules or graphics, recursively or not, locked or not.
Before you begin
- You must have created a Dispatcher and added content (DMs, PMs, SCPMs, and graphics) to it. See Collecting Content to Export to a DDN.
- An administrator must set the allowLockObjectsOnDDNExport AppData value (under Global>Settings>DDNExport) to yes to enable locking of database objects on export and unlocking them on upload. For more information about AppData settings for the DDN Export tool, see AppData settings for Contenta S1000D tools.
About this task
You can export only graphics of one of the supported file types listed in the SDL Contenta S1000D and SDL LiveContent S1000D Cross-product graphics and multimedia support.
If you export objects that refer to other objects (for example, DMs that refer to graphics), the referenced objects are not included in the DDN unless either or both of the Modules or Graphics check boxes are checked in the Include Referenced Objects section of the window.
A Referenced Object log file will be written to the Contenta_home/web/cw_common/custom/S1000D_DDN_Export/DDNexports directory. This file will be zipped, and named Dispatcher-object-name-log.zip, which you can download after DDN Export finishes running. A link labeled "Click here to download the log.zip file" will appear below the link used to download the DDN .zip file. The log file contains the name of the Dispatcher object, a date stamp, the user's login name, the types of each referenced module (DMs, PMs, SCPMs, or graphics), whether modules were exported recursively, and the status of each referenced object.
Note the following regarding the Referenced Object log file:
- Any modules or graphics that you do not have access to (because they are in a configuration that is not on your desktop) will be reported as inaccessible.
- Any modules or graphics that cannot be found in the CSDB will be reported as missing.
- If you set Lock Referenced Objects on Export to Yes, and DDN Export finds a referenced module or graphic that is already locked, a message indicating that this object was exported but not locked will be added to the log file.
- If you are creating an SGML DDN package and opt to include referenced objects, the Referenced Objects log file includes the following.
- The following message at the end of
Typeline indicating that a version 1.x SGML DDN package is being created.SGML DDN Package (Version 1.x only). - A message such as the following for each referenced DM to be converted.
Exported referenced DM: DMC-P1-A-S5-34-00-00A-720B-A.xml (Issue 1.7 DM to be converted to SGML)
- The following message at the end of
Sample output of an Include Referenced Objects log file.
DDN Export referenced objects report
DDN: Dispatch123
Date: 2016/03/24
User: sysadmin
Type: Referenced modules only, exported non-recursively.
Exported referenced DM: DMC-SAMPLEBIKE-CCC-D00-00-00-00AA-041A-A.xml
Warning: Cannot export missing referenced DM: DMC-SAMPLEBIKE-CCC-D00-00-00-00AA-043A-A.xml
Exported referenced DM: DMC-SAMPLEBIKE-CCC-D00-00-00-00AA-00WA-D.xml
Exported referenced DM: DMC-SAMPLEBIKE-CCC-DA0-10-20-00AA-400A-A.xml
Exported referenced DM: DMC-SAMPLEBIKE-CCC-D00-00-00-01AA-941A-D.xml
Exported referenced DM: DMC-SAMPLEBIKE-CCC-DA2-10-00-00AA-520A-A.xml
Exported referenced PM: PMC-SAMPLEBIKE-XYENT-00030-01.xml
Exported referenced DM: DMC-S1000D-E-04-10-0301-00A-022A-D.xml
Referenced Objects Use Cases
- Reuse DMs into your Dispatcher, and also include the graphics referenced by those DMs.
- Reuse DMs (which may reference graphics) into the Dispatcher.
- Check the Graphics check box.
- Leave Recurse set to No.
- Reuse a PM into your Dispatcher, and export the entire publication by including referenced, nested PMs, DMs, and graphics recursively.
- Reuse a PM into the Dispatcher.
- Check both the Modules and Graphics check boxes.
- Set Recurse to Yes.
- Reuse an ACT Catalog DM into the Dispatcher and export additional referenced ACT/PCT/CCT DMs by including referenced modules recursively.
- Reuse an ACT Catalog DM into the Dispatcher.
- Check the Modules check box.
- Set Recurse to Yes.