Replace in Destination Column (Import and Export)

When creating an export configuration package, you can select which components will override the existing components.

  1. Go to the Company Workspace (Admin mode).
  2. Click the Configuration Package Management grouping node to expand.
  3. Click the Component Lists functional node to open the Component List log or window.
  4. Click on the component that you want and open it. The Edit Component List log or window opens. The Edit Component List log or window has two panes. The left pane is the components navigation pane, and the right-pane is the components log pane, corresponding to the component select from the navigation pane.

In the Edit Component List log or window, from the components navigation pane, when you click on any component, the corresponding component log includes the Replace in Destination column (the last column).

When you select component, you have the option of selecting whether your selected component can replace the existing component in the destination, or not, by way of selecting, or not selecting, the checkbox in the Replace in Destination column, corresponding to your selected component.

In case of Business Processes (from the components navigation pane click Setup, under the Company Workspace), you can do the same and determine whether your selected BP can replace the existing BP in the destination, or not, by way of selecting, or not selecting, the checkbox in the Replace in Destination column, corresponding to your selected BP.

Note: For a single-record BP, whether you select the option Replace in Destination, or whether you do not select the option Replace in Destination, the system will replace the destination BP.

When importing the configuration package, the components that have additional checkbox Replace in Destination unchecked will not override the component values if they already exist with the contents from the package. The After Import Status value for those components will be No Change.

If the component already exists in the destination, then it will get overridden, based on selecting Replace in Destination for that components in the package. If the component does not exist in destination, then it will be added by default.

Example

If a string drop-down (pulldown) DD such as Assigned Department which has been used in user attributes is modified in the destination server, and if the configuration package has same string drop-down (pulldown) DD (Assigned Department), where the Override option is not selected, then it will be ignored while importing the configuration package and in the destination server the Assigned Department values remains the same after the configuration package import.

Note: Currently, all of the associated groups for the tagged components will be part of the configuration package (for some components users will also be tagged), and when the configuration package is imported, even though the components do not get updated because the Replace in Destination is set to No Change, the associated groups and users will be added into the destination.


Last Published Monday, August 28, 2023