Import a topic

You can add one or more topics authored outside IXIA CCMS Desktop to the repository.

You can import one or more topics and their dependencies.

To import a topic:

  1. Select File > Import.
  2. In the resulting Import dialog, open the IXIA CCMS folder and select Import Topics.
  3. Open the IXIA CCMS folder and select Import Topics (DRM).
  4. Click Next.
  5. In the resulting Import Topic(s) dialog, click Browse.
    Figure: Import Topic(s) dialog
    Import topics
  6. In the resulting Open dialog, go to the topics, select them, and click Open.
    The selected topics appear in the Topics to import list.
  7. Optional: To import as a read-only object, select the Import As External checkbox.
    Note: As a result of selecting this option, several other features are set to default values and disabled.
  8. Optional: To replace existing documents with the contents of the imported documents, select the Update existing documents checkbox. To also use the relative path to match the documents to update, select Use relative path along with file name to match documents to update.
    If you select Use relative path along with file name to match documents to update, you must specify the base path of the imported file in a later step.
  9. Optional: In the Default language list, choose the language you want set for the file. If you want to overwrite the language attribute set in the imported file with the selected language, select the Override unknown languages with default checkbox as well.
  10. In the Images options section, choose the type of images in the Type list and the output format in the Format list for the images referenced in the document.
  11. Optional: To assign a label, do the following:
    1. In the Labels section, click Select and add one or more labels.
    2. Click OK when done.
  12. Click Next.
  13. Optional: To import only one instance of images with the same filename, select the Images checkbox.
    Clear the checkbox if you want all images imported and assigned unique filenames.
  14. Select the Resources checkbox to import only one instance of resources with the same file name. Deselect the checkbox if you want all resources imported and assigned unique file names.
  15. In the Import base path box, type the base path to use when replacing existing documents.
  16. Click Next.
    The Select Versions dialog appears.
  17. Choose one of the following actions:
    • To import the topic in a product, click the Products tab and then select the product in which to import the topic.
    • To import the topic in a library, click the Libraries tab and then select the library in which to import the topic.
    You can import topics in a single product or library only, but you can import them in more than one versions inside the product or the library.
    The releases and versions available for the selected product or library are displayed in the Selected Products/Libraries, Releases, and Versions pane.
  18. In the Selected Products/Libraries, Releases, and Versions pane, select the versions to which you would like to add the imported topic.
    Use the filter at the bottom of the pane to filter the versions in the list by release name.
    The Primary Version dropdown list is populated with the list of selected versions.
  19. In the Primary Version list, select the primary version for the topic.

    The primary version is the version for which the topic was initially created.

  20. Click Finish.