3.15. Export and Import Usage Policies

You can export and import data from Approved or Published Usage Policies. The exported file is saved in a Zip file called ‘Export.zip’. The Zip file contains the data.json file that contains data about the Usage Policy(ies) in JSON format.

There are two methods that you can use to export/import Approved or Published Usage Policy data:

• Individually from the Usage Policy screen - Under this method, export/import is performed on the selected Approved or Published Usage Policies individually. The ‘Export_POLICY_(Usage Policy Name)_(Request_Request Type)_date(dd_mm_yyyy)-time(hh_mm_ss)’ file contains a folder structure as shown in the figure below:

  

  Fig. 3.402 Individual Export Zip file folder structure

• Collectively from the Usage Policies List screen - Under this method, Export is performed on all Approved or Published Usage Policies and Import on all Approved and Published Usage Policies and data is either stored into or retrieved from a single composite file. The ‘Export_POLICY_ALL_date(dd_mm_yyyy)-time(hh_mm_ss)’ file contains a folder structure as shown in the figure below:

  

  Fig. 3.403 Collective Zip file folder structure

There are two methods that you can use to import Approved or Published Usage Policy data:

• Full Import - enables you to overwrite existing data

• Delta Import - retains the existing data and only updates new data from the imported file

  To learn more about export and import, refer the topic: Exporting and Importing Data.

Common Tasks

Following are the common tasks identified for this section:

• Navigating to the Usage Policies List screen

  To navigate to the Usage Policies List screen:

  • In the main Navigation menu, click Usage Policies. The Usage Policies list screen displays.

  

  Fig. 3.404 Usage Policies List screen

• Navigating to the Usage Policy screen

  To navigate to the Usage Policy screen:

  1. Navigate to the Usage Policies List screen.

  2. In the Usage Policies list screen, click the row that has the Usage Policy that you want to edit. The Usage Policy screen displays. Being context-sensitive, the Usage Policy screen that displays are different for Request Count Limit and Traffic Throttle Usage Policies.

To export data for an Approved or Published Usage Policy:

1. Navigate to the Usage Policies List screen.

2. In the Usage Policies List screen, click the Approved or Published Usage Policy for which you want to export data. The Usage Policy screen displays.

3. In the Usage Policy screen, click the Usage Policy Action icon to display the Usage Policy Action menu.

   

   Fig. 3.405 Usage Policy Action menu

4. In the Usage Policy Action menu, click Export to export the Usage Policy data to a Zip file that has the format Export_POLICY_(Usage Policy Name)_(Request_Request Type)_date(dd_mm_yyyy)-time(hh_mm_ss).

To export all Approved and Published API Packs:

1. Navigate to the Usage Policies List screen.

2. In the Usage Policies List screen, click the Usage Policies Action icon . The Action menu displays.

   

   Fig. 3.406 Usage Policy Action menu

3. In the menu that appears, click Export to export data from all Approved and Published Usage Policies to a zip file whose format is Export_POLICY_ALL_date(dd_mm_yyyy)-time(hh_mm_ss).

   Note

   The Export menu option displays as enabled only if there is any Approved or Published Usage Policy in the Usage Policies list.

To import an Approved or Published Usage Policy:

1. Navigate to the Usage Policies screen.

2. In the Usage Policies List screen, click the row that has the Approved or Published Usage Policy for which you want to import data. The Usage Policy screen displays.

3. Click the Action icon to display the Usage Policy Action menu.

   

   Fig. 3.407 Usage Policy Action menu

4. In the Usage Policy Action menu, click Import to display Import Usage Policies Details dialog box.

   

   Fig. 3.408 Import Usage Policies Details dialog

5. Click Choose File against File Upload field to choose a file from which data has to be imported.

6. Browse your computer to locate and open the Zip file that contains data.json with Usage Policies details in JSON format. Once you have chosen the file, the file name displays alongside the Choose File button.

7. Click Import to start importing the Usage Policy data. The import overwrites the Usage Policy data with the new data from the imported file.

To import all Approved and Published Usage Policies:

1. Navigate to the Usage Policies screen.

2. In the Usage Policies screen, click the Usage Policies Action icon to display the Action menu.

   

   Fig. 3.409 Usage Policies Action menu

3. In Usage Plan Export/Import Action menu, click Import to display Import Usage Policies dialog box.

   

   Fig. 3.410 Usage Policies Action menu

4. Click to select between radio buttons Full Import and Delta Import. Select Full Import to overwrite the existing data. Select Delta Import to retain the existing data and only update new data available from the imported file.

   

   Fig. 3.411 Import type

5. Click Choose File against File Upload field to choose a file to import data from.

6. Browse your computer to locate and open the Zip file that contains data.json with Usage Policies details in JSON format. Once you have chosen the file, the file name displays alongside the Choose File button.

7. Click Import to start importing the Usage Policies data. Depending on the type of Import selected, the data in Approved or Published Usage Policies is overwritten (Full Import) or updated (Delta Import).

Next Steps

In the next section, we will take you through the steps necessary to delete a Named Usage Policy.