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Using a Hotfix to Deploy Fixes to the Production Environment

This topic describes how to export objects to a hotfix. A hotfix is a Siebel Tools feature you can use to quickly update the production environment. You can use it to update a small number of object definitions, and then export and migrate them to the target enterprise. It is most useful if you want to fix a small programming error. For example, it is useful when you discover an error in the script of a business service method that you want to quickly fix and deploy to the production environment in a short time frame.

To use a hotfix to deploy fixes to the production environment

1. In the Object List Editor, locate the object you want to modify.

   For more information, see Locating and Modifying Object Definitions in the Object List Editor.

2. Right-click the object you located in Step 1, and then click Add to Hot-Fix.

   Siebel Tools displays the Generate Hot-Fix dialog box and adds the object you choose to the Objects to Include in Hot-Fix list. You can export a workflow process or task UI only if the status property of the workflow process or task UI is Completed.

3. If you want to add more objects, then repeat Step 1 and Step 2 for each object. Do not close the Generate Hot-Fix dialog box while you add these objects.

   You can add objects of the same object type or you can add objects of another object type.

4. Add text in the Hot-Fix Label window that describes this hotfix.
5. Click Export.

   Siebel Tools displays a dialog box that confirms that it successfully created the hotfix in the following folder:

   SIEBEL_TOOLS_ROOT\ADM\hot_fix_label

   This folder includes a SIF file, an XML description of the hotfix contents, and a log file.

6. Click OK.