Copying a solution to another development environment

You might need to copy a solution to another development domain for additional development and testing. After you copy the solution to the additional environment, you can open it in Case Builder to edit, deploy, and test the solution in that environment.

Procedure

To copy a solution package to a different development design object store:

  1. If your solution contains assets that were created outside of IBM® Business Automation Workflow, in FileNet® Deployment Manager, create a deploy package that contains the assets. Then, use Administration Console for Content Platform Engine to add the deploy package to the source server design object store in the solution folder.
    If your solution contains marking sets, you must manually recreate the marking sets and the properties that use the marking sets in the target environment.
  2. In the IBM Business Automation Workflow administration client, export the case management solution package from the source development environment case management design object store to the server where you run the IBM Business Automation Workflow administration client.
  3. In the IBM Business Automation Workflow administration client, import the solution package from the local server where you run the IBM Business Automation Workflow administration client to the target environment design object store.
  4. In the IBM Business Automation Workflow administration client or Case Builder, deploy the solution package in the target environment.
  5. If your solution contains assets that were created outside of IBM Business Automation Workflow, download the assets from the target environment design object store (from Step 3), and then in FileNet Deployment Manager, expand the assets in the target environment and then import the assets to the target object store.

    See the FileNet Deployment Manager documentation for details on the steps in this procedure: Deploying IBM FileNet P8 applications > Prepare data for deployment > How to... > Prepare Content Engine data > Manage deploy packages

What to do next

If your solution uses properties that are associated with marking sets, and you move the solution to a different environment, you must recreate the marking sets and any property templates that use the marking sets in the target environment. To recreate the marking sets, use the appropriate FileNet P8 tools. When you recreate the properties, you must use the same symbolic name that is used in the source environment.

If your solution is associated with an IBM Business Automation Workflow process application, and you copy or move the solution to a different environment, you must also copy or move the process application.