To Export a Project

You can export (download) a customization project when the project is finished to deploy the customization to the target system. Also, you can download the package to have a backup copy of the customization project you are working on.

Before you download the package, we recommend that you make sure you have included all the needed changes in the customization project. To do this, you take the following actions:

• Make sure that you have added all custom files to the project and uploaded the latest actual version of the files to the project. See To Update a Project for details.
• Make sure that the database schema is updated in the customization project. See To Update Custom Tables in the Project for details.
• Make sure you have added the needed site map nodes to the project. See Site Map for details.
• Publish the project and test the customization before downloading the deployment package, to ensure that you have no issues.

To download the deployment package of a customization project, you should export the project. You can export a customization project in the following ways:

• By using the Customization Projects form
• Through the Customization Project Editor

The system creates the deployment package of the project and downloads the zip file of the package on your machine. The file has the same name as the customization project. For more information about a deployment package, see Deployment of a Customization Result.

Exporting a Customization Project by Using the Customization Projects form

To export a customization project by using the Customization Projects (SM204505) form, perform the following actions:

1. Navigate to System > Customization > Manage > Customization Projects.
2. In the project list of the form, click the row of the customization project to be exported.

   The row is highlighted in the table, as the screenshot below shows.

3. Click Export on the form toolbar to export the highlighted project.

   
   
   

Exporting the Customization Project Opened in the Customization Project Editor

To export the customization project that is currently opened in the Customization Project Editor, click File > Export Project Package on the editor menu, as shown in the following screenshot.

Also, you can export the customization project from the Project XML Editor of the Customization Project Editor by clicking Download Package on the page toolbar, as shown in the following screenshot.