Export checklist templates (workaround?)

[Former Member]

Hey people,

We are changing form a sandboxsystem to a development system.

I created several large checklist templates and i would like to reuse them in the new system.

Is there a possibility to export and import them ?

This post says exporting templates is not possible:

But since it's in XML i think there should exist a workaround?

example : If we know the location we can manually copy them or somehting?

Plz adivce

Thanks alot in advance

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Im not sure what you are trying to do.

But this may help.

1. Create a template for Project with Checklist in Sandbox

2. Create a Project with template created above and then export it from Sandbox.

3. Create a Project in Development server with Import option, Import the exported file

4. Now you have, Dev1 project with Checklist items

5. Create a Template with Template Type as Project, in Template: select Dev1 Project.

There you have a Project template with Checklists.

Niranjan

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Niranjan

First off all thank you very much for your response.

I think i may have asked my question a bit unclear.

I'm not trying to reuse the project templates, but the checklist templates.

These templates sometimes consist of over 500 deliverables and i just don't want to remake them again in the development system. I just want to be able to "copy" them from one system to another system.

Thanks

Edited by: Bram Van den Brande on Dec 20, 2010 3:02 PM

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hey,

In that case, you would again need to create this at the time of creation in Production Server?

If so, try creating a program using RFC, (based on maintainable table entries) run the code in Dev to fetch data from Sandbox and this way you can still use this in Production to pull from Quality/Testing.

Another option is to save the data form Sandbox in XLS and then import using same program

your custom program can have radio button [import] [export]

In Sandbox use [Export]

In Devl use [Import]

Try using following FMs in program, its pretty easy.

BAPI_BUS2164_CREATE

BAPI_BUS2164_GET_DETAIL

Let me know if it helps!

Niranjan

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

ok, thx again i'll try this later this week and keep you posted

Edited by: Bram Van den Brande on Dec 20, 2010 3:30 PM

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

sure.

I think in addition to above you will also need

BAPI_BUS2171_CREATE

Also try BAPI_BUS2171_COPY (again RFC Enabled)

Niranjan

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

I did the following:

I made a project in which i added all checklist I wanted to transfer to the new system.

Exported this project in an xml file

Imported the project

Created a projectemplate based on this project

when creating a project this way there is an option available : "new checklist templates"

in the dropdownbox i chose the option : "only from checklists without reference"

This way a project is created and under all the phases in the project the checklists are added and if a checklist doesn't exist in the system , the checklist will also be added in the templates wit a generic numer "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

Now it's just a matter of renaming the new checklists and using them .