Saving the Job or Job Group Object Selections

The process of selecting job objects to transport can be time consuming, depending upon the number of jobs you are working with. Creating a selection file will save time and effort when repeating the transporting process in the future. However, the primary benefit of preserving your selections, is that you can perform the transporting operation at a later time as a scheduled job in TA.

The selection file saves the names of the source and destination being used, the current configuration option settings, and the jobs or job groups that are selected. The information within the selection file can be examined by opening the file with a standard text editor program like Notepad. A .xpr extension is added when the selection file is saved for easy identification. By specifying the name of the selection file as a command line parameter, you can run the job transporting process as a batch job in TA.

To create a selection file:

  1. Complete the selection of the job objects between the source and destination.

  1. Choose the Save Selections option from the File menu to display the Save Selections to File dialog.

  1. Name and save the file to the desired directory location. Providing a qualified name for the selection file will be helpful when searching for the file in the future.

    An Information dialog confirms that the selection file was created successfully.