Copying Data for a Product Line

Use this method to copy data for an entire product line to a new product line.

In the case of copying data for an entire product line, the procedure assumes that the product line you are copying to is in a different Environment.

Note: The following procedure is for a product line with a single data area.
  1. Log in to the Lawson Environment containing the product line data you want to copy.

  2. Export the data to a dump file. At the Qshell command line, specify this information:

    expsysdb -s current-dataarea current-dataarea.data

  3. If the product line you will be copying data to is on a different machine, copy the dump file to that machine.
  4. Log in to the Lawson Environment you want to copy data to.

  5. Import the data from the dump file into the new product line. At the Qshell command line, specify this information:

    impexp [-a|-f] new-dataarea current-dataarea.data

    Note:  Use the -f parameter. It is for use with all relational databases.