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Getting Started
Install Spectrum Enterprise Designer and learn about creating dataflows.
Importing and Exporting Dataflows

Welcome
Use workflows to perform tasks that integrate Spectrum Technology Platform, applications, and content repositories into business processes.
Getting Started
Install Spectrum Enterprise Designer and learn about creating dataflows.
- Installing the Client Tools
  The Spectrum Technology Platform client tools are applications that you use to administer your server and design and run dataflows and process flows. You must install your Spectrum Technology Platform server before installing the client tools.
- Starting Spectrum Enterprise Designer
- A First Look at Spectrum Enterprise Designer
- My First Dataflow (Job)
- My First Dataflow (Service)
- Dataflow Templates
- Importing and Exporting Dataflows
Designing a Flow
Design, create, run, and manage dataflows. Find reference information here for both control and module stages.
Inspecting and Testing
Check and test flows.
Running a Flow
Configure runtime options, expose services, and run flows in a production environment.
Combining Flows into a Process Flow
Combine separate flows into a single process and run external applications.
Creating Reusable Flow Components
Create subflows that can be reused in other dataflows.
Sample Flows
An example shows how a flow is applied to a real world problem.
About Spectrum Technology Platform
An overview of Spectrum, its data management architecture, its platform architecture, and its modules and components.

Importing and Exporting Dataflows

You can exchange dataflows with other Spectrum Enterprise Designer users with the import and export features.

Note: Dataflows can only be exchanged between identical versions of Spectrum Technology Platform.

To export a dataflow, select File > Export. If you have used the Versions feature to save versions of the dataflow, the version you have currently selected is the version that is exported.

Note: Do not use special characters in the name of the services and jobs you define. Doing so may result in an error during export.
To import a process flow, select File > Import > Process Flow.
To import a dataflow, select File > Import > Dataflow. The stages in the dataflow must be available on your system before you import the dataflow. If the dataflow you import contains unavailable stages, you will see an error.
If you use Server Explorer to organize your dataflows you can also export a dataflow by right-clicking it and selecting Export. To import a dataflow using Server Explorer, right-click in the location in Server Explorer where you want to import the dataflow and select Import.