Snapshots

A snapshot is a read-only copy of data that you import from the Product Information Management work area into the Configurator Models work area. It provides a picture of the item, item class, and value set that exists at a point in time.

Consider an example.

Note

• You use the Import Model Item action on the Manage Snapshots page the first time that you import your model from Product Information Management into Configurator.

• You use the Refresh action to bring changes that you've made to your items, item classes, and value sets in Product Information Management into Configurator.

• You can have only one copy of the item that you import in a snapshot. You can't import the same item into the snapshot again, or into another snapshot.

A snapshot has attributes that it imports from Product Information Management.

Attribute	Description
Name	Name or number that identifies the item.
Description	Description of the item.
Organization	Organization that manages the item.
Structure Item Type	Type of item: Model Option Class Standard Item

A snapshot also has attributes that Configurator sets when you import the item into a snapshot.

Attribute	Description
Status	Values are: Released. A snapshot that the host application uses. It is available in your production environment. Modified. Configurator sets this value when you do Actions > Refresh. It indicates that there's a refresh and it has changes. If you refresh but there aren't any changes, or if the refresh fails, then the status stays at Released. The host application doesn't see these modifications until you release the snapshot.
Snapshot Type	Values are: Item Item Class Value Set

A snapshot also has attributes that Configurator sets when you refresh the item in a snapshot.

Attribute	Description
Last Refreshed By	User who most recently refreshed the snapshot.
Last Refresh Date	Date when the refresh most recently updated any part of the snapshot.
Last Released By	User who most recently released the workspace that contains the snapshot.
Last Release Date	Date when the release most recently updated any part of the snapshot.

Snapshots and Versions

You use a snapshot with a configurator model, but a snapshot doesn't have a version because you can't modify a snapshot. You do modify the configurator model, so only the model has a version.

• Configurator releases version 0 of the model the first time you import that model from Product Information Management.

• Configurator also releases version 0 of any other referenced models that are in the model's structure.

• Version 0 also references all parts of the model, such as option classes, standard items, item classes, value sets, and so on.