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Converting Libraries and Profiles from Version 5

If you have customized the configurable settings in your Xfmea/RCM++ 5 library, you can automatically convert them for use in the new version. This topic describes:

• How to import an entire library or selected profiles from a Version 5 standard library file (*.lb5).

• How to import library settings from a Version 5 Enterprise database.

• The new configurable settings that will be added to support new features that were added in the Synthesis Version. (You may need to modify the default options for these new settings after the profile(s) have been converted.)

Converting Standard Library Files (*.lb5)

If you have an existing Xfmea/RCM++ 5 standard library file (*.lb5), you can convert the entire library or just convert and import selected profiles.

To convert the entire library:

1. Open any standard database in the Synthesis version of Xfmea, RCM++ or RBI.

2. Choose File > Manage Repository > Profiles/Library Manager.

3. In the Profiles/Library Manager, click the Browse button in the top-right corner and choose Xfmea 5/RCM++ 5 Library (*.lb5) from the Files of type drop-down list, then select the file you want to convert.

4. Click Open and, when prompted, confirm that you want to proceed.

The application will create a new standard library file in the same directory with the extension *.lb8; the existing *.lb5 file will remain unchanged.

To convert and import only selected profile(s):

1. Open any standard database in the Synthesis version.

2. Choose File > Manage Repository > Profiles/Library Manager.

3. Select Profiles in the navigation panel and then click Import.

4. In the Import Profiles to Library window, use the drop-down list or browse button at the top of the window to select the file you want to import from.

5. The table shows the profiles that have been defined in the selected library. Select the profile you wish to import and click OK.

The application will import the profile and all of the associated settings (e.g., the interface style, severity scale, etc.). If settings with the same name already exist in the destination library, the application will import them anyway and increment the name(s). (See Import Settings to a Library.)

Converting an Enterprise Database Library

To convert and import library settings from an Xfmea/RCM++ 5 enterprise database, you must have both of the following permissions:

• The "Admin" access level in the Version 5 database.

• The "Manage all projects" and "Manage users and logins" permissions in the Synthesis repository.

There are two ways to import the data. If you want to import the entire library, including settings that are not directly associated with a profile (e.g., phrase sets, checklists, DFR planner templates, etc.), you must use the Import from Prior version method described below. If you want to import selected profiles, you can use this method or the Import Profiles to Library method described above.

To use the Import from Prior Version method:

1. Connect with the enterprise database you want to import into.

2. Choose File > Manage Repository > Enterprise > Import from Prior Version.

3. In the area at the top of the Import from Version 5 Enterprise Database window, enter the connection information for the Version 5 enterprise database and click Connect.

4. The table shows all of the data and settings that are available to be imported. Find the Profiles heading.

   • If you select the Profiles check box, application will import the entire library, including settings that are not directly associated with a profile.

   • If you select individual profiles, the application will import only the selected profiles and the settings that are directly used by those profiles.

5. Click OK to copy the data.