Export files from the repository

You can export a file or all the contents of a folder from the repository. For information about deep exporting a folder, see Deep export.

When you export a file or folder, you create a copy of the file or folder in a location outside of the repository. When you export a folder, the folder’s files, and subfolders also are exported.

While exporting a file or folder from the repository, if Documentum Webtop finds the selected file or folder on the local machine, Webtop displays a message prompting you to confirm whether you want the export operation to overwrite existing files and folders, or not overwrite existing files and folders on the local machine.

To export from the repository:

  1. Navigate to one or more files or folders, and select them.

  2. Select File > Export.

    Tip: If you are using Internet Explorer (IE), you can drag-and-drop the items from the repository to the appropriate location on your local computer.

  3. Specify the location to which to export, select the location, and click OK.

  4. If you are prompted to set export options, perform one of the following steps:

    • If you are exporting one file, set options, and click OK.

    • If you are exporting multiple files or folders, set options for each file or folder separately by clicking Next. After the last file or folder, click Finish.

      Tip: To select options for all remaining files or folders once, click Finish.

  5. If the file or folder already exists on the local machine, a message is displayed. Do the following:

    1. Click Yes to overwrite or replace a specific file or folder on the local machine. Click Yes to all to overwrite or replace all existing files or folders.

    2. Click No to cancel overwriting a specific file or folder on the local machine. Click No to all to cancel overwriting all existing files or folders.