Overview of automated deployment

Automated deployment is the process of deploying a Central Designer study to the InForm application without assistance from system administrators. This feature simplifies and improves the efficiency of study deployment.

Note: Automated deployments are supported only for single database (SameDB) installations, where the InForm software and the Reporting and Analysis module are installed in the same database instance.

There are two ways to autodeploy a study to the InForm application:

• From the Central Designer application (recommended).

  Automated deployments initiated in the Central Designer application can be configured to optionally:

  • Require an approval.
  • Send notification email messages to Central Designer users or InForm users at the beginning and end of the deployment process.

  For more information, see the Central Designer InForm Design Guide.

• From the InForm Deployment user interface.

  You can only deploy studies from the InForm user interface that do not require approval. Notification email messages cannot be sent to InForm users at the beginning and end of the deployment process. For more information, see Scheduling or running a deployment from the InForm user interface.