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An XML file with the required structure. For information on how to create such a file, see "Exporting a Database Alias" in the Content Composer Studio Help.

Note: To load the database alias object from a local file, the alias must reside in the repository system even if it is not to be loaded from there. If a database alias loads from a file, the action is traced by a corresponding message logged at Information level.

To load a database alias from a file, complete the following steps.

  1. From the %Composerdir% directory, open Composer.Studio.exe.config with a text editor that supports UTF-8.
  2. Search for the line that begins as follows. 
    <add key="loadDbAliasFromLocalFile"
  3. Complete one of the following substeps.
    • To load the database alias from a local file, set the value attribute to TRUE.
    • To load the database alias from the repository, set the value attribute to FALSE.

    Example 

    <add key="loadDbAliasFromLocalFile" value="TRUE" />
    Note: The default value is FALSE.
  4. Search for the <configSections> element.
  5. Within the <configSections> element, add the following line. 
    <section name="mlsdatabase" type="ComposerSuite.Common.SystemFramework.AliasConfigurationSection, ComposerSuite.Common.SystemFramework"/>
  6. Below the </configuration> element, insert the following line, changing CustomAlias.xml to the required filename. 
    <mlsdatabase configSource="CustomAlias.xml" />
  7. Save and close the file.