Export XDM schemas in the UI

All resources within the Schema Library are contained in a specific sandbox within an IMS Organization. In some cases, you may want to share Experience Data Model (XDM) resources between sandboxes and IMS Orgs.

To address this need, the Schemas workspace in the Adobe Experience Platform UI allows you to generate an export payload for any schema within in the Schema Library. This payload can then be used in a call to the Schema Registry API to import the schema (and all dependent resources) into a target sandbox and IMS Org.

Prerequisites

While the Platform UI allows you export XDM resources, you must use the Schema Registry API to import those resources into other sandboxes or IMS Orgs to complete the workflow. Refer to guide on getting started with the Schema Registry API for important information regarding required authentication headers before following this guide.

Generate an export payload

In the Platform UI, select Schemas in the left navigation. Within the Schemas workspace, locate the schema that you want to export and open it in the Schema Editor.

Once you have the schema open, select the Copy JSON icon () in the top-right of the canvas.

This copies a JSON payload to your clipboard, generated based on the schema structure. For the “Loyalty Members” schema shown above, the following JSON is generated:

[
  {
    "$id": "https://ns.adobe.com/<XDM_TENANTID_PLACEHOLDER>/mixins/9ecfd881d0053568d277b792e4d24c6b70ffa7782bd31265",
    "meta:altId": "_<XDM_TENANTID_PLACEHOLDER>.mixins.9ecfd881d0053568d277b792e4d24c6b70ffa7782bd31265",
    "meta:resourceType": "mixins",
    "version": "1.0",
    "title": "Loyalty details",
    "type": "object",
    "description": "",
    "definitions": {
      "customFields": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "_<XDM_TENANTID_PLACEHOLDER>": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "loyalty": {
                "title": "Loyalty",
                "description": "",
                "type": "object",
                "isRequired": false,
                "required": [

                ],
                "properties": {
                  "loyaltyId": {
                    "title": "Loyalty ID",
                    "description": "",
                    "type": "string",
                    "isRequired": false,
                    "required": [

                    ],
                    "meta:xdmType": "string"
                  },
                  "memberSince": {
                    "title": "Member Since",
                    "description": "",
                    "type": "string",
                    "isRequired": false,
                    "required": [

                    ],
                    "format": "date",
                    "meta:xdmType": "date"
                  },
                  "points": {
                    "title": "Points",
                    "description": "",
                    "type": "integer",
                    "isRequired": false,
                    "required": [

                    ],
                    "meta:xdmType": "int"
                  },
                  "loyaltyLevel": {
                    "title": "Loyalty Level",
                    "description": "",
                    "type": "string",
                    "isRequired": false,
                    "required": [

                    ],
                    "enum": [
                      "platinum",
                      "gold",
                      "silver",
                      "bronze"
                    ],
                    "meta:enum": {
                      "platinum": "Platinum",
                      "gold": "Gold",
                      "silver": "Silver",
                      "bronze": "Bronze"
                    },
                    "meta:xdmType": "string"
                  }
                },
                "meta:xdmType": "object"
              }
            },
            "meta:xdmType": "object"
          }
        },
        "meta:xdmType": "object"
      }
    },
    "allOf": [
      {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/customFields",
        "type": "object",
        "meta:xdmType": "object"
      }
    ],
    "meta:extensible": true,
    "meta:abstract": true,
    "meta:intendedToExtend": [

    ],
    "meta:xdmType": "object",
    "meta:sandboxId": "1bd86660-c5da-11e9-93d4-6d5fc3a66a8e",
    "meta:sandboxType": "production"
  },
  {
    "$id": "https://ns.adobe.com/<XDM_TENANTID_PLACEHOLDER>/schemas/1e5a739ded8fd1d766a0e06e881a38031874dddd1c7020ad",
    "meta:altId": "_<XDM_TENANTID_PLACEHOLDER>.schemas.1e5a739ded8fd1d766a0e06e881a38031874dddd1c7020ad",
    "meta:resourceType": "schemas",
    "version": "1.4",
    "title": "Loyalty Members",
    "type": "object",
    "description": "Describes customers who are members of a loyalty program.",
    "allOf": [
      {
        "$ref": "https://ns.adobe.com/xdm/context/profile",
        "type": "object",
        "meta:xdmType": "object"
      },
      {
        "$ref": "https://ns.adobe.com/xdm/context/profile-person-details",
        "type": "object",
        "meta:xdmType": "object"
      },
      {
        "$ref": "https://ns.adobe.com/xdm/context/profile-personal-details",
        "type": "object",
        "meta:xdmType": "object"
      },
      {
        "$ref": "https://ns.adobe.com/<XDM_TENANTID_PLACEHOLDER>/mixins/9ecfd881d0053568d277b792e4d24c6b70ffa7782bd31265",
        "type": "object",
        "meta:xdmType": "object"
      },
      {
        "$ref": "https://ns.adobe.com/xdm/mixins/profile-consents",
        "type": "object",
        "meta:xdmType": "object"
      }
    ],
    "meta:extensible": false,
    "meta:abstract": false,
    "meta:extends": [
      "https://ns.adobe.com/xdm/context/profile-person-details",
      "https://ns.adobe.com/xdm/context/profile-personal-details",
      "https://ns.adobe.com/xdm/common/auditable",
      "https://ns.adobe.com/xdm/data/record",
      "https://ns.adobe.com/xdm/context/profile",
      "https://ns.adobe.com/<XDM_TENANTID_PLACEHOLDER>/mixins/9ecfd881d0053568d277b792e4d24c6b70ffa7782bd31265",
      "https://ns.adobe.com/xdm/mixins/profile-consents"
    ],
    "meta:xdmType": "object",
    "meta:class": "https://ns.adobe.com/xdm/context/profile",
    "meta:sandboxId": "1bd86660-c5da-11e9-93d4-6d5fc3a66a8e",
    "meta:sandboxType": "production",
    "meta:immutableTags": [

    ]
  }
]

The payload takes the form of an array, with each array item being an object that represents a custom XDM resource to be exported. In the example above, the “Loyalty details” custom field group and the “Loyalty Members” schema are included. Any core resources employed by the schema are not included in the export, as these resources are available in all sandboxes and IMS Organizations.

Note that each instance of your organization’s tenant ID appears as <XDM_TENANTID_PLACEHOLDER> in the payload. These placeholders will be automatically replaced with the appropriate tenant ID value depending on where you import the schema in the next step.

Import the resource using the API

Once you have copied the export JSON for the schema, you can use it as the payload for a POST request to the /import endpoint in the Schema Registry API. See the section on importing an XDM resource in the API for details on how to configure the call to send the schema to the desired IMS Org and sandbox.

Next steps

By following this guide, you have successfully exported an XDM schema to a different IMS Org or sandbox. For more information on the capabilities of the Schemas UI, refer to the Schemas UI overview.