When you open the Export Security Definitions dialog, the tree hierarchy on the Definitions pane is populated with the security definitions in the Optim™ Directory to which you have read access.

You can select the check box for a security definition type in order to export all definitions of that type or expand the list and select the definitions to be exported. Tools menu commands allow you to select or deselect all definitions.
The name of the Secured Output File. The Secured Output File is a text file and is given a .txt extension automatically, but other extensions may be used. The Secured Output File is used as the Secured Input File for Security Definition Import processing.
Password for securing the Secured Output File. This password must be entered when using the file with the Security Definition Import Process.
Enter the Password again for verification.
The following commands are available from the Tools menu.
To export security definitions, choose the menu option.
During Security Definition Export processing, the Export Progress pane displays the number of security definitions of each type that are exported and the number of errors encountered.
The status bar displays information about the current security definition that is processed. When Security Definition Export processing is finished, the status bar displays the message “Ready.”
If errors occur during Security Definition Export processing (for example, a dropped definition is selected for export), an error message is displayed. Definitions for which processing errors occur are also represented visually by a red “X”. Errors and diagnostic information are written to the Security Export Process Log.
When the Security Definition Export is complete, select the menu option to display the Security Export Process Log.

This log displays the following details:
Print the log by choosing the menu option. Each execution of Security Definition Export clears the log file before information for the current execution is written. Previous log information is not retained.