Metrics Management supports exporting a single object, a filtered list of objects, all objects of one type, or all of the objects in a database to an export file in XML format.

Metrics Management exports only the security settings that you specifically define for an object. For example, if you allow or deny Edit actions for a measure, but do not specify Enter Commentary and Enter Data actions, only the Edit actions export to XML.

Metrics Management exports editable and non-editable objects and object properties. Non‑editable objects are objects that cannot be modified in Metrics Management, for example, periods. Non-editable properties are properties that are unavailable for editing, for example, the list of excepted locations shown in Setup Measure—Locations. You cannot export and modify, and then import non-editable objects or object properties back into Metrics Management. Your changes are either ignored or the import fails.

The order in which properties appear in the XML export file may not match the order that properties appear in Setup for an object.

To automate the export process, use the RUN_OBJECT_EXPORT pbvcon command. For more information about using pbvcon to export objects, see About pbvcon.