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  • 2 August 2023
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Hi all!

We are wanting to move the TX DEV environment to the PRD server. We are using 6221.1. All I could find is https://legacysupport.timextender.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001313583-How-do-I-move-a-project-from-one-server-to-another-. However this doesnt seem applicable to the new version. What is the best way to approach this in version 6221.1?

Kind regards,
Maarten

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Best answer by Christian Hauggaard 2 August 2023, 10:03

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Hi @Bitmetric_Maarten 

We are currently working on fully-fledged multi-environment functionality in the new version of TimeXtender. In the meantime, copying instances can be used as a workaround - please see the following article

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Hi Christian!

I have followed that manual, but I'm running into somethings, mainly the mapping. It seems that everytime I push the DEV MDW to the PRD MDW I have to remap all the tables. This cannot be right? I try to follow that manual as close as possible, but some things are a bit vague. The ODX is transfered without troubles. Next I synchronize and transfer the tables. No problem.

After that I copy the DEV MDW instance to the PRD MDW instance. Then I login to the PRD server and do synchronize with ODX. The synchronize mapping is greyed out under advanced. Next I have to remap all the tables. In many cases some fields fail and I have to remap these manually. (A small quality of life improvement: searching in the list of fields by pressing the first letter also jumps to that field and adds it. For example. I need to map No_ and press N. It jumps to Name and immediately maps that, removing it from Name, so I have to go back again and change that. In large tables quite tedious).

After having worked through all the remaps I can deploy and execute. However, If I now make a change in the DEV MDW and copy that instance again, I have to remap everything again. What is going wrong?

BR,
Maarten

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Hi @Bitmetric_Maarten yes the current process requires remapping each time the instance is copied. The fully-fledged multi-environment functionality that we are working on will greatly simplify the promote process.

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Thank you for your quick reply. Unfortunately to hear, but alas, it is how it is. Could you give an indication when the new environment will be released aprox?

 

 

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@Bitmetric_Maarten I am unable to provide a timeline at this time, but it will most likely be released in the next major release

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