Exporting physical metadata from Rational Data Architect version 6 to the metadata repository

You can export metadata from physical models that were developed in Rational® Data Architect version 6 Fixpack 1 to the metadata repository of WebSphere Metadata Server.
Prerequisites:

You must meet the following requirements in order to use the IBM Rational Data Architect MetaBroker with Rational Data Architect version 6:

To export physical metadata from Rational Data Architect to the metadata repository:

  1. In Rational Data Architect, select File > Export. The Export wizard opens.
  2. Select Export a Physical Model to the Metadata Server Repository and click Next.
  3. On the Select the Model to Export page, select the model to export, and specify logging preferences.
  4. Click Finish. The Status window opens, and the MetaBroker® begins decoding the data for export.
  5. When the process is complete, click Select All to export all the metadata, or click Filter to select some of the metadata to export.
  6. In the Parameter Selection window, specify parameters for connecting to WebSphere Metadata Server. To display help for any parameter, click the name of the parameter.
  7. Click OK. The Status window opens and the MetaBroker begins to encode the metadata to be exported to the repository.
  8. When the encoding is complete, click Finish.
To work with the exported metadata in the Designer client, you must use the Designer client to register interest in the imported data collections.
Related concepts
Metadata bridges
IBM Rational Data Architect MetaBroker
Related tasks
Filtering metadata
Related reference
Software requirements for using all bridges

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