Hi Expertise,
Can anyone say me the difference between the types of importing Master Repositories we have in ODI.
method 1) file->New->Create a master repository using an existing export file

method 2) Designer pane ->icon->import->Master Repository
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I have gone through the documentation, but I am not able to get the difference exactly what are the benefits and dis-advantages on using what , can anyone enlighten me on this,
Thanks,
Santhosh.