Importing Attributes from an XML File

You can import a specified XML file that defines the attributes you want to create. You may find this useful if you have a large number of attributes to define. See The Format of the Attributes XML File for a description of the structure and format of the XML that Process Composer expects.

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About Attribute Groups
  1. From the search menu in the top bar, search for and select the simulation process that will contain the attributes.
    Process Composer displays the simulation process in the navigation pane and the table page.
  2. From the navigation pane, select Parameters.
    Process Composer displays the Parameters page.
  3. From the Actions menu on the Parameters page, select Import from XML.
  4. Select the XML file to import.
  5. If an attribute with the same name already exists, you can choose to replace it with the attribute in the XML file or retain the original attribute.
  6. Click OK to import the XML file.

    Process Composer displays the attributes in the simulation process.

    If there is an error in the attribute file, such as invalid XML, the file is not imported from the working directory. To allow you to determine the problem with the attribute file, Process Composer does not clean up the working directory if the import fails. Similarly, the attribute file is not be imported from the working directory if it contains an expression in the result element. Error messages describing the illegal expression are written to the execution log.