Export a Form-Based App

Background and Setup

A form-based app or widget form.
On the App Builder Process Designer Settings screen, turn on Allow Apps, Process Models and Access Tokens To Be Permanently Deleted.
Export a previous version of an app requires AgilePoint NX OnDemand (public cloud), or AgilePoint NX Private Cloud or AgilePoint NX OnPremises v6.0 SP1 Software Update 2 Hotfix 5 or higher.

You can export either the current version of an app or a previously published version.
When you export an app, it downloads all design time resource files and all app level access tokens.
The dependencies.xml file exists in the exported app only when you export an app from AgilePoint NX v8.0 or higher. It shows a list of shared resources that are used in an exported app, you can use it as a checklist to import or migrate an app.

To export the current version of a form-based app to your local machine, do the procedure in this topic.

On the App Explorer screen, click Export.
On the Information screen, do one of these:
- To download the most recent checked in version of an app, click Current Version.
- To download the last version of a published app, click Last Published Version.
The app saves as .Zip format to your local machine in the folder specified in your browser settings. The exported file has manifest.xml, dependencies.xml, and related JSON files which give necessary information about the app. You can use this file to import the app from one environment to another.

To export a previously published version of a form-based app to your local machine, do the procedure in this topic.

On the App Explorer screen, click Version.
On the Version History screen, for the version you want, click Export .

The app saves as .Zip format to your local machine in the folder specified in your browser settings. The exported file has manifest.xml, dependencies.xml, and related JSON files which give necessary information about the app. You can use this file to import the app from one environment to another.