MPR dump

Last modified: November 24, 2023

1 Introduction

The mx dump-mpr command enables you to export the app model of Mendix in the form of JSON. This command is available as of Mendix 10.4.

2 Usage

Use the following command pattern: mx dump-mpr [OPTIONS] [TARGET-FILE]

The TARGET-FILE points to the location of the project file, this file has the extension ‘.mpr’.

These are the OPTIONS:

Option Value Result
--unit-type A single unit type, or a comma-separated list of unit types. Filters the results on the supplied unit types and limits the JSON export.

2.1 Examples

These are valid examples:

  • mx dump-mpr temp.mpr
  • mx dump-mpr temp.mpr --unit-type DomainModels$DomainModel
  • mx dump-mpr --unit-type DomainModels$DomainModel,Texts$SystemTextCollection temp.mpr

2.2 Return Codes

This table shows the return codes and their description:

Return Code Description
0 OK
1 An incorrect project file was supplied
2 The supplied unit types do not exist
3 An unknown error occurred during export
4 The supplied mpr is of a version Studio Pro cannot open