Exporting a Glossary

Export a glossary to a file in Object Storage Bucket.

• Console
• CLI
• API

• Before you begin: Ensure you have write access to the Object Storage bucket to which you are exporting the glossary.

  1. From the Home tab, click Glossaries.
  2. From the glossaries list, click the glossary name that you want to export.
  3. On the glossary details page, click Export.
  4. On the Export glossary pane, provide the following Object Storage details:
     • Compartment: Select the compartment of the Object Storage bucket.
     • Bucket: Select the bucket in which the exported file needs to be stored.
     • Filename: Enter the filename without an extension. You can also provide the file path using slash (/) as a path separator.
       Note
       
       If the specified file is already present in the bucket, it gets overwritten with the latest content.
  5. Click Export.

  An export glossary job is triggered. You can monitor the status of this export job from the Jobs tab. After the job is completed successfully, click the Export location link on the Jobs summary page to go to the specified bucket location and view the exported file. On the bucket details page, click the Actions menu to the right of the exported file and select Download.

• Use the export command and required parameters to export a glossary:

  Command

  CopyTry It

  oci data-catalog glossary export [OPTIONS]

  For a complete list of flags and variable options for CLI commands, see the CLI Command Reference.

• Run the ExportGlossary operation to export a glossary to an Excel file immediately.

  Run the AsynchronousExportGlossary operation to export a glossary to an Excel format with an asynchronous job. This API returns details of the job that performs the export operation.