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13.4 Importing Delivery Units
Importing a delivery-unit archive is the mechanism SAP HANA uses to enable you to transport delivery units
between systems, for example, to upload a delivery unit that was exported from another development system or
saved as an archive on a local file system.
The SAP HANA studio includes a mechanism that enables you to export and import delivery units. To import a
delivery unit, perform the following steps:
1. Start the SAP HANA studio.
Ensure that the SAP HANA studio is connected to the SAP HANA system hosting the delivery unit you want to
export. If this is not the case, choose Select System... and change the system.
2. In the File menu, choose Import...
3. Select the import mode. The choice you make determines the information you need to enter in the next steps.
The import mode enables you to specify the purpose for which you want to import the packages that make up
the import archive. In most cases, you would choose the Delivery Unit option, which includes everything you
need to transport the application-development structure from another system . However, you can choose
from the following additional import destination options:
○ Data from local file
Imports data from a comma-separated-list (CSV) file or a Microsoft Excel file stored on the local file
system into a new or an existing table (and schema).
○ Developer Mode
Includes most objects and data, but does not include translatable text bundles. The import operation
obeys the following rules regarding the contents of the imported archive:
○ If a package with the same name as the one to be imported already exists on the target system, but
the package languages differ, objects are imported with a warning message.
○ If a package with the same name as the one to be imported does not already exist on the target
system, then the respective package with its original language (fetched from the properties file) is
created.
○ For old objects where no related properties file exists, a package is created with its language set to
the logon language of the current import session.
○ Import SAP NetWeaver BW Models
Imports SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW) models that are InfoCubes
optimized forSAP HANA, SAP HANA-optimized DataStore objects, and Query Snapshot InfoProviders to
the SAP HANA modeling environment.
Note: With this option, you must maintain connection details for the BW system you want to
import from, for example, host name, instance ID, client number and so on. You can test the
connection before continuing with the import operation.
Specify the mode in which you want the data to be imported, for example, SAP HANA Content > Delivery
Unit .
4. Select the target system; the system you want to import the delivery unit into.
In the Systems for export screen area of the Delivery Unit dialog, select the SAP HANA system hosting the
repository into which you want to import the delivery unit and choose Next to confirm the selection.
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