Typically, you create an import file by modifying an XML object export file. For example, if you know the information required to build a measure, you export a similar measure from Metrics Management to identify the XML syntax for the measure, edit the measure in XML, and import the measure into Metrics Management.
Before performing an object import, note that a non-editable object in Metrics Management cannot be imported. For example, period type objects cannot be imported. Period types are non-editable objects, defined as Read-Only in Metrics Management. Metrics Management ignores non-editable objects during imports.
To automate the import process, use the RUN_OBJECT_IMPORT pbvcon command. For more information about using pbvcon to import objects, see About pbvcon.