Exporting an Automation Plan

You can export an Automation Plan from the All Content domain in the IBM® BigFix console. You can edit an exported Automation Plan in an external editor and then import the Automation Plan into a different console or deployment. Other console operators can edit and import Automation Plans that you export.

Before you begin

You must log on to the IBM BigFix console.

About this task

When you export an Automation Plan, references or links to any custom Fixlets, Tasks, or Baselines in the Automation Plan are not exported. The Fixlets, Tasks, or Baselines in the exported Automation Plan execute correctly, but the link to their source from the exported Automation Plan does not display the action script. When you click the Task, Fixlet, or Baselines source, you are returned to the Automation Plan action.

For information about how to import content such as Automation Plans, see Importing content. .

Complete the following steps to export an Automation Plan.

Procedure

  1. Open the All Content domain.
  2. From the navigation tree in the Domain Panel, click Fixlets and Tasks. A list of Fixlets, Tasks, and Automation Plans is displayed in the upper pane.
  3. To display all the Fixlets, Tasks, and Automation Plans, click Show Non-Relevant Content in the menu bar. To sort the list, click any column title. To filter all columns in the list, use the Search Fixlets and Tasks field.
  4. Select an Automation Plan from the list. The lower pane displays the selected Automation Plan data.
  5. Click Export to export the selected Automation Plan.
  6. In the Save As window, specify File name and click Save.

Results

The Automation Plan is exported to a .BES file. You can edit the Automation Plan in an external editor or copy it to another console or deployment.