How to set up ORM export
This tutorial shows how to correctly set up export from ORM Designer to any supported ORM framework.
To get basic information about storage possibilities in ORM Designer, please read previous tutorial How to setup storage files and How to change storage options in existing project.
Screenshots in this tutorials are from Symfony training project Jobeet imported by ORM Designer. For detailed information about import of this project, please read tutorial How to import existing symfony project. You can also watch our tour video about Symfony project import. This video is available in our screenshot section - Symfony Doctrine Video.
Open Files and Modules window
If you need to change storage options in existing project choose Files and Modules item from ribbon Configuration menu.
Files and Modules
When the Files and Modules window is opened, choose second tab Export Files. This tab contains report with all storage files in current project. ORM export file name and export file type can be defined for each storage file.
When Export to ORM function is used, ORM Designer generates for every storage file in project XML file proceeded by correspond XSLT templates and result is saved into selected file in right format. Correct XSLT template is selected in dependence on current project ORM type and output export file type.
Change Export Settings
If you want to change current export type to another or add export functionality to any new file use Change Export Settings button. After that you can choose export file path and export file type. Types offered by ORM Designer depend on project framework (e.g. Doctrine ORM has export only to YAML file, but Propel ORM has export to YML and XML).
